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Baabda Palace
Baabda Palace. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Baabda Palace (or Presidential Palace, French: Palais présidentiel de Baabda, Arabic: قصر بعبدا), is the official residence of the President of Lebanon. The palace was built in 1956 on a hill in the mountain town of Baabda overlooking the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The first President to reside in it was President Charles Helou.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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