Grand Serail of Beirut
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The Grand Serail (Arabic: السراي الكبير, al-Sarāy al-Kabir; also known as the Government Palace) is the headquarters of the Prime Minister of Lebanon. It is situated atop a hill in downtown Beirut a few blocks away from the Lebanese Parliament building. The Grand Serail is a historic building, the most important of three Ottoman monuments on the Serail hill, the others being the Council for Development and Reconstruction and the Hamidiyyeh clock tower.[2]
This article is about the palace in Beirut, Lebanon. For the palace in Aleppo, Syria, see Grand Serail of Aleppo.
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The Grand Serail | |
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السراي الكبير | |
Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
Coordinates | 33.895926°N 35.500934°E / 33.895926; 35.500934 |
Area | 39,700 m2 (427,000 sq ft; 9.8 acres) |
Built | 1853 |
Built for | Ottoman army |
Architectural style(s) | Ottoman new order |
Governing body | Directorate General of Antiquities[1] |
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