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NGO tries to save Lebanon’s diverse architectural heritage

Name: NGO tries to save Lebanon’s diverse architectural heritage
Uploaded: 2017-04-15T11:50:59Z
Duration: 2 min 31 s
Description: At various points in history, Lebanon has been ruled by the Romans, Ottomans, the French and the Arabs. All have left a rich diversity of architecture. But preservationists say cultural heritage is being destroyed to make way for skyscrapers.

At various points in history, Lebanon has been ruled by the Romans, Ottomans, the French and the Arabs. All have left a rich diversity of architecture. But preservationists say cultural heritage is being destroyed to make way for skyscrapers.

At various points in history, Lebanon has been ruled by the Romans, Ottomans, the French and the Arabs.

All have left a rich diversity of architecture.

But preservationists say cultural heritage is being destroyed to make way for skyscrapers.

Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim reports from Beirut.

By Natasha Ghoneim