PALACE OF THE AMIR AHMED SHABBOS AND THE FAKHREDDINE SERAGLIO II
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These two magnificent buildings are located east of the midan. The first, rebuilt in the th century, is now known as the palace of Girgis Baz. This great manor house was built in 1755 by the Amir Ahmed for his wife who then sold him to Girgis Baz, the minister of Bashir II Chéhab. Notice the palace portal, the true artistic masterpiece composed of polychrome mosaics and decorated mouldings. The two-storey building adopts the plan of the traditional oriental houses (inner courtyard open, octagonal basin). The palace is closed to the public.
At the back of the The is the seraglio of Fakhreddine II (th century). It was built according to Renaissance architectural rules. Inspired by his stay in Tuscany, Fakhreddine II had brought Italian architects and builders who gave a Florentine note to the place and dotèrent Deir el-Qamar of an avant-garde infrastructure in the East comprising sewers and water pipes. Today transformed into a palace Marie Baz (the Baz family bought it in 1925) and housed in the Wax Museum, it houses the effigies of 45 personalities who marked the history of Lebanon, such as the Amir Fakhreddine I, Cosme de Médicis, Fakhreddine II, Bachir II, Bachir Jumblat, Alphonse de Lamartine, Lady Esther Stanhope, General Gouraud, Kamal Jumblat— and many others. These characters are made by the Grévin Museum in Paris.
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