Name of Monument:

Military Infirmary

Location:

Beirut, Lebanon

Date of Monument:

1865

Architect(s) / Master-builder(s):

Yusuf Aftimus

History:

In 1865, this military hospital was commissioned by the Ottoman sultan 'Abd al-'Aziz (Abdülaziz).The hospital was later converted to a courthouse by the French, who took control of the city in 1918 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Today, the building houses the Lebanese University's Institute of Fine Arts.

Description:

This hospital (or hastahane in Ottoman Turkish), commissioned by Sultan 'Abd al-'Aziz (Abdülaziz) (1861-76) in 1865, was often referred to as the military infirmary. The building included two wings, and the northern wing housed a drugstore (ajzah). The courthouse which later inhabited the building was moved to a different location when it became the Lebanese University's Institute of Fine Arts.

Citation of this web page:

Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki "Military Infirmary" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;AWE;lb;32;en;en

Prepared by: Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 036