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Beirut's "fairytale" villa comes back to life

Rose House is being used as an art centre by a British painter until the end of this year

Published Tue, Dec 9, 2014 · 09:50 PM
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Beirut

LIKE a mirage in the middle of Beirut's high-rise seafront, the exquisite mansion is a lonely reminder of this city's romantic past. Rose House is an architectural gem, an Ottoman villa perched rather bizarrely next to an equally elegant lighthouse overlooking the Mediterranean.

As newly built apartment blocks crowd in on its palm trees and delicate ochre-pink arches, it has become a symbol to Beirutis of the lightn…

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