L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth

In the early 1990s, urban conservation and reconstruction measures in Beirut led to the total restoration of French colonial urban heritage. This was made possible due to a private real estate company supported by the prime minister, reflecting the power relations between actors in the city. Followi...

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Main Author: Joseph Salamon
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Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la culture 2025-06-01
Series:Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/craup/16607
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description In the early 1990s, urban conservation and reconstruction measures in Beirut led to the total restoration of French colonial urban heritage. This was made possible due to a private real estate company supported by the prime minister, reflecting the power relations between actors in the city. Following its imposition as part of a modernist “tabula rasa” development in the 1920s, and after having triggered much academic debate in the 1990s, this legacy has since become an urban heritage landmark among other Middle Eastern cities and for a large part of the Lebanese population.
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L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
Representations
Colonial Heritage
Public Spaces
Identities
Geopolitics
title L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
title_full L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
title_fullStr L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
title_full_unstemmed L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
title_short L’Héritage colonial du mandat français à Beyrouth
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topic Representations
Colonial Heritage
Public Spaces
Identities
Geopolitics
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