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Since
the mid-1960's Baabda has been
the site of Lebanon's Presidential
Palace as well as the administrative
capital of Mount Lebanon. A dignified Ottoman
"Serail"
(administration building) typical of mutassarifiah
period (1861 - 1915) stands on a
high hill. Today the seat of Mount
Lebanon's Mohafazat, it was built in
1887 and enlarged ten years later. In
1903 the main gate and the emblem of
the sultan carved above it.
The beautiful fountain in the of the
town's roundabout, made of yellow
stone and decorated with finely carved
arabesques and calligraphy, dates to
the same period..
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Major
Cities - Baabda 
