Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures: explosion in port Beirut damaged more than 600 monuments

Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures estimated scales of destructions of monuments of architecture as a result of explosion in port Beirut. The press service of the organization specified that as a result of incident more than 600 historical objects more than fifty from which are under the threat of a collapse were damaged. Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures in the report. It is noted that in Beirut because of explosions at least 8 thousand of buildings suffered. The majority of them are located in old quarters of the city of Gemmayz and Mar-Michael, general director explained Managements antiquities of Ministry cultures of Republic Lebanon Khuri Sarkis ". Among them about 640 historical...