Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . i! THE SINGULAR PALACE OF BTEDDIN. This unique oriental palace is about half-way be-tween Beyroot and Seyde, and stands on a bold spurof the mountains. It was built by the Emir Beshir,whose sway, previous to the war, extended over nearlyall of Lebanon. This palace is of great extent, andof various and singular shapes, and elevations
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . i! THE SINGULAR PALACE OF BTEDDIN. This unique oriental palace is about half-way be-tween Beyroot and Seyde, and stands on a bold spurof the mountains. It was built by the Emir Beshir,whose sway, previous to the war, extended over nearlyall of Lebanon. This palace is of great extent, andof various and singular shapes, and elevations, form-ing long, wide terraces, clustei-s of cupolas, squaretowers, spreading out their tops into overhangingbattlement, and galleries piled on galleries, present-ino; Ions: ranojes of slender columns and arcades. Thebroad courts descend like immense flights of stairs-from the highest platform to the outer wall of the for-tifications. In former times the large marble staircaseleading to the harem, and the gorgeous portal, werethronged with black slaves, magnificently dressed,and bristling with splendid arms. The vast court-.
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