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Badaro (Beirut)

Lebanon / Jabal Lubnan / Bayrut / Beirut
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Badaro is a residential neighborhood planned in the mid 1950's along the eastern border of Horsh Bayrut in Lebanon (Beirut's Pine Forest) that was planted by Emir Fakhreddine in the 17th century to stop the advancement of the southern sands into the city of Beirut situated North. The first inhabitants were Christians and Druze. The neighborhood demographics changed after the mid 1960's when numerous wealthy Christian families from Aleppo and Damascus in Syria fled their country due to the nationalization laws and settled in Badaro. During the Lebanese war of 1975-1990 Badaro became a solely Christian neighborhood along the green line. The street carries the name of Habib Badaro, a wealthy and powerful businessman who had established his textile manufactures in the area.
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Coordinates:   33°52'28"N   35°30'51"E

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  • Badaro is a residential neighborhood planned in the mid 1950's along the eastern border of Horsh Bayrut (Beirut's Pine Forest) that was planted by Emir Fakhreddine in the 17th century to stop the advancement of the southern sands into the city of Beirut situated North. The first inhabitants were Christians and Druze. The neighborhood demographics changed after the mid 1960's when numerous wealthy Christian families from Aleppo and Damascus in Syria fled their country due to the nationalization laws and settled in Badaro. During the Lebanese war of 1975-1990 Badaro became a solely Christian neighborhood along the green line. It belonged to East Beirut. The neighborhood architecture predominantly from the 1960's and 1970's displaying late modernism trends on stucco colored building. It houses the military hospital, the College Louise Wegman (previously the College des Franciscaines), the Lebanese National Museum and Notre Dame des Anges Roman Catholic Parish and School.
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