8385 x 5282 px | 71 x 44,7 cm | 28 x 17,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
18. September 1993
Ort:
Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Opened in 1953, the Cinema Rivoli was constructed on the site of the Petit-Serail, an Ottoman administration building from the 1880s. It was demolished in the 1990s and a car park constructed on the site. Martyrs' Square, historically known as "Al Burj" or "Place des Cannons", is the historical central public square of Beirut, Lebanon. Known originally as Place de l’Etoile, in 1931 it was renamed Martyrs’ Square after those executed there on 6th May 1916, in the last years of Ottoman rule. During the Civil War it formed the demarcation line that divided the city in half. The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon, lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 120, 000 fatalities. As of 2012, approximately 76, 000 people remained displaced within Lebanon. There was also an exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon as a result of the war.
