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Garden of Forgiveness

Garden of Forgiveness

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The Garden of Forgiveness (also known as Hadiqat As-Samah in Arabic) is a garden in Beirut, close to Martyrs’ Square and the wartime Green Line (1975-1990).

History

Roman Columns at the Garden of Forgiveness.

The area is classified as non aedificandi (Latin for "not to be built") in the Master Plan of the Beirut City Center.

Excavations on the site revealed the two main streets of the Roman city of Berytus, the Cardo and Decumanus Maximus; underneath them, a sacred platform dating from Phoenico-Persian times.

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References

    Further reading

    • Curvers, Hans H. and Stuart, Barbara (2007) “The BCD Archaeology Project, 2000-2006”, Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 9: 189-221.
    • Hadiqat as-Samah (2000) Brochure Solidere, Beirut.
    • Saghieh-Beydoun, Muntaha, ‘Allam, Mahmoud, ‘Ala’Eddine, Abdallah and Abulhosn, Sana (1998-9) “The Monumental Street ‘Cardo Maximus’ and the Replanning of Roman Berytus”, Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 3:95-126.
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