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Moussa Sursock Palace

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Moussa Sursock Palace is a large nineteenth-century mansion in the Sursock quarter of Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon, completed in the late 1870s for Moussa Dimitri Sursock, a member of the aristocratic Sursock merchant family. Combining Italianate massing with traditional Lebanese design, the palace presents a castle-like exterior with round towers around a central hall more than eleven meters wide, its rooms enriched with Neo-Baroque and Neo-Rococo stucco work. The house passed from Moussa to his son Alfred and then to his granddaughter Yvonne Sursock Cochrane, who lived there until her death in August 2020, and it holds a substantial family archive along with artworks including a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. The palace, among the largest and best-preserved private residences in Beirut, sustained extensive damage in the 2020 Beirut port explosion. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Mansion 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Lebanon 2
Completed Year
1870 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Mansion 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Mansion, Concepts

In Style

Italianate Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikipedia)
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Located In

Lebanon

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Source Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikipedia)
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1. Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikipedia)
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    The Moussa Sursock Palace (Arabic: قصر موسى سرسق, also known as Sursock Palace) is a historic 19th-century mansion located in the Sursock quarter of Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon. Completed in the late 1870s for Moussa Dimitri Sursock, a prominent member of the aristocratic Sursock family, the palace is among the largest and best-preserved private residences in the city.
  • Lead section
    Completed in the late 1870s for Moussa Dimitri Sursock, a prominent member of the aristocratic Sursock family, the palace is among the largest and best-preserved private residences in the city.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (mansion)
    The Moussa Sursock Palace (Arabic: قصر موسى سرسق, also known as Sursock Palace) is a historic 19th-century mansion located in the Sursock quarter of Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon. Completed in the late 1870s for Moussa Dimitri Sursock, a prominent member of the aristocratic Sursock family, the palace is among the largest and best-preserved private residences in the city. Characterized by its Italiana
  • Uses Element: Stone, Article body
    The exposed stone facades are decorated with Italianate profiled cornices, pilasters, and Baroque-style window pediments, topped by an ornamental gable on the street-facing side.
  • In Style: Italianate Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Italianate Lebanese architecture
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2. Moussa Sursock Palace (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Lebanon
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Lebanon
Wikidata item Q3360933, property P131/P17 (location): Lebanon
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