Roderick Sursock stands in a heavily damaged room of the Sursock Palace, affected by the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2020.

The palace owned by the Lebanese and Anglo-Irish family, the Sursock Cochranes, suffered extensive damage to its building and artwork during the Beirut port blast last August, writes Hannah McCarthy.

Broken glass and window frames lay on the floor of the Sursock Palace, heavily damaged after the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. The level of destruction from ...

Lady Cochrane lived at the Sursock Palace throughout her life though, including during the civil war which raged through Lebanon from 1975-1990.

BEIRUT: The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country's 1975 ...

Nicolas Sursock gave his palace to the city of Beirut before his death in 1953 [Mia Alberti/Al Jazeera] By Mia Alberti. Published On 6 Jun 2023 6 Jun 2023. Beirut, Lebanon ...

A woman looks at an artwork during a cedar art exhibition at Sursock Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 30, 2022. The exhibition is aimed at raising funds to contribute to the restoration of ...

The painting at Beirut’s Sursock Palace was lucky to survive the explosion in August 2020, which killed more than 200 people and left some 300,000 homeless in Lebanon’s capital city.

Sursock Palace Collections, Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: ©2022 J. Paul Getty Trust. Sarah Cascone May 21, 2025 Share Share This Article. After three years of painstaking restoration work, the J. Paul ...

The Sursock Palace, built in 1860 in the heart of historical Beirut, ... In Lebanon, a family’s memories are detonated along with their village. Nov. 4, 2024. World & Nation.

BEIRUT (AP) — The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country’s 1975-1990 civil war, it took ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country’s 1975-1990 civil war, it took … ...