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Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (born 1866)

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Youssef Aftimus

Ottoman civil engineer and architect from Mount Lebanon

Youssef Aftimus was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century, he is the author of many of Beirut's well known landmarks…
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Beirut City Hall

City hall in Lebanon

Beirut City Hall, also known as the Municipality of Beirut, is a landmark building built in downtown Beirut, Lebanon in 1924, and has become an architectural landmark in the downtown area of Beirut Central District. It features a yellow limestone facade and combines various…
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