Beirut

Ottoman Beirut

Project: Beirut – The arcades of the Banco di Roma
Site: Beirut
Scientific director: Giorgio Gullini
Excavation director: Fedora Filippi

On the occasion of the city centre’s reconstruction after the civil war, many remains of Beirut's urbanistic and architectural history, from the Neolithic age to the Ottoman Empire, were brought to light. The Italian mission attempted to document the field results of these investigations as thoroughly as possible, introducing the principles and methodologies of urban archaeology: we must specifically keep in mind the documentations, especially the photogrammetric and laser scanner survey campaigns, of what was brought to light in one of the city’s most important central quarters.

The project also included an archaeological excavation campaign conducted in Place de l’Etoile in 1996-1997.