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Explosiones de Beirut destruyeron joyas arquitectónicas

Detonación destruyó un palacio del siglo XVIII y otros edificios de esa época

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 10, 2020 shows (L) a view of the stained glass windows at the Sursock Museum, once a private home built in 1912 and became a host to an impressive permanent art collection as photographed in the neighbourhood of Ashrafiyeh in Lebanon's capital Beirut on October 5, 2015; and (R) an image of the museum taken on August 8, 2020, showing the empty windows after their stained glass was broken in the aftermath of the massive blast at the port of Beirut which ravaged entire neighbourhoods of the city. - The mansion-turned-museum of Sursock, which only a few months ago was housing a landmark Picasso exhibition, now tells the story of a city's demise. Many of old Beirut's remaining landmarks had already been damaged by 15 years of civil war and decades of government neglect. The August 4 blast finished the job. The chemical disaster, which appears to have been the result of government negligence, was so powerful that it literally redrew Beirut's coastline and skyline. (Photos by JOSEPH EID and ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 10, 2020 shows (L) a view of the stained glass windows at the Sursock Museum, once a private home built in 1912 and became a host to an impressive permanent art collection as photographed in the neighbourhood of Ashrafiyeh in Lebanon's capital Beirut on October 5, 2015; and (R) an image of the museum taken on August 8, 2020, showing the empty windows after their stained glass was broken in the aftermath of the massive blast at the port of Beirut which ravaged entire neighbourhoods of the city. - The mansion-turned-museum of Sursock, which only a few months ago was housing a landmark Picasso exhibition, now tells the story of a city's demise. Many of old Beirut's remaining landmarks had already been damaged by 15 years of civil war and decades of government neglect. The August 4 blast finished the job. The chemical disaster, which appears to have been the result of government negligence, was so powerful that it literally redrew Beirut's coastline and skyline. (Photos by JOSEPH EID and ANWAR AMRO / AFP) JOSEPH EID ANWAR AMRO
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