Saint Nicolas Stairs (Greater Beirut)

 arts, cultural heritage / national heritage, stairs / steps

L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas or L'Escalier de L'Art, the Saint Nicolas Stairs, is located between Saint Nicholas Church in Rue Sursock and Rue Gouraud-Gemmayze in Achrafieh, Beirut. Its proximity to the Sursock Museum and the Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut in Rue Sursock, make the 125 steps and 500 meters span staircase a very popular destination for tourists visiting Beirut. Since 1973, the stairs have been used as an open-air art exhibition site that occurs twice every year.

L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas is the longest staircase in the Middle East.

The official and most known name of the stairs is L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas. The less known name is L'Escalier de L'Art came to be called by people going to Gemayze art exhibitions on the stairs.