Rue Sursock is a historic street in the Rmeil district of

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. Named after one of Beirut's most prominent families, the Sursock family, the street is home to many of Beirut's beautiful historic mansions that were built in the 18th and 19th centuries by aristocratic families, such as the Sursock and

Bustros The Bustros family is a prominent Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians, Lebanese Antiochian Greek Orthodox/Catholic family. One of the “Seven Families”, it is one of the original Beirut families along with the descendants of Sursock, Fernaine, ...

families. A large gate used to close down Rue Sursock at 10 pm, and this tradition remained until 1945. There used to be more than thirty mansions and villas on Rue Sursock, but most of them were replaced with modern apartment buildings. The ''Palais de Bustros'' (

Bustros Palace Bustros Palace is a palace on Michel Bustros street in the Rmeil area of Beirut, Lebanon. It currently houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants. It was originally one of the residences of the Bustros family The Bustros family is ...

) is one of the largest of the palaces on Rue Sursock and now houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants. The street is also home to the

Sursock Palace Sursock Palace (French: ''Palais Sursock''), is a residence located on Rue Sursock in the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The palace, which was completed in 1860 by Moïse Sursock, was owned by Lady Cochrane Sursock, an advocate of preserving historic b ...

and the Nicolas Sursock Museum. Rue Sursock is known to be the most expensive residential Christian area in Lebanon. It is resided by the wealthiest Christian families in Lebanon.

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