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Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, with its million-plus
inhabitants, conveys a sense of life and energy that is
immediately apparent.
city with a venerable past, 5000 years ago Beirut was a
prosperous town on the Canaanite and Phoenician coast.
Named
Beroth, the city of wells, by the Phoenicians, it is one of
the oldest settlements of man as evidenced by relics from
prehistoric communities.
Beirut
nowadays, remains the cultural and commercial center of
Lebanon. Today the war-ruined city center is being
reconstructed under a 25-year project envisages a new modern
city that will also retain its familiar Oriental flavor.
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