Darat al Funun Museum
Art, Architecture, Archaeology. Established in 2018, the museum at Beit al Beiruti embodies Darat al Funun's support of contemporary arts from the Arab world, as well as the historical character of Darat's location.
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At the area of Darat al Funun there are the remains of a Byzantine church, probably called St. George, and built in the late 6th century, on or near a shrine to the Roman god Herakles. Abandoned in the 8th century, but used into the 20th century as a shrine to el-Khadr (a hero of a cycle of legends, who helps the needy and oppressed - in Christian tradition known as Mar Jiryis - St. George.)
© Photo: Courtesy of Darat al Funun
Art, Architecture, Archaeology. Established in 2018, the museum at Beit al Beiruti embodies Darat al Funun's support of contemporary arts from the Arab world, as well as the historical character of Darat's location.