8469 x 5450 px | 71,7 x 46,1 cm | 28,2 x 18,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 settembre 1993
Ubicazione:
Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Beyond the rubble, on the right, is the the "Cinema Opera" building, which became a Virgin Megastore in 2001 and one of only two buildings that were not demolished after the war. The pile of rubble is from buildings demolished after the fighting stopped. Martyrs' Square, historically known as "Al Burj" or "Place des Cannons", is the historical central public square of Beirut, Lebanon. Known originally as Place de l’Etoile, in 1931 it was renamed Martyrs’ Square after those executed there on 6th May 1916, in the last years of Ottoman rule. During the Civil War it formed the demarcation line that divided the city in half. The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon, lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 120, 000 fatalities. There was also an exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon as a result of the war.
