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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

With an unimpeded view to the Beirut Port and the Mediterranean Sea, the 19th century Sursock Palace suffered important damages due to the 4 August 2020 port explosion. The North elevation which bore ...

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 ...

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 is pictured in Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct 13, 2022. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday announced that it has reached an ...

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.