Sursock Palace (French: ''Palais Sursock''), is a residence located on Rue Sursock in the city of

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, Lebanon. The palace, which was completed in 1860 by Moïse Sursock, was owned by Lady Cochrane Sursock, an advocate of preserving historic buildings in Lebanon. The palace, a symbol of the Sursock family's history, is located on Sursock Street, in the Rmeil district of Beirut. Sursock House is surrounded by gardens. The palace faces the Sursock Museum, a villa from 1912 that was bequeathed to the city of Beirut by Nicolas Sursock and became a museum in 1961. After the

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, it took 20 years to restore the palace before it reopened in 2010. It was damaged during the 2020 Beirut explosions, but there are plans to rebuild the palace.

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Images of the Sursock house and museum following the August 2020 Beirut explosion.
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