Ashrafieh
Ashrafieh is in Beirut, it is one of Beirut's oldest and most charming districts and is considered an important tourist outlet in Beirut where a great number of restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs are located.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: quarter of Beirut
- Also known as: “Achrafie”, “Achrafieh”, “Achrafiye”, “Achrafiyeh”, “Al Ashrafīyah”, “Ashrafīyah”, “El Achrafiye”, “El Achrafiyé”, and “El Achrafiyeh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Sursock Museum.
National Museum of Beirut
Museum
Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.
The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942.
Sursock Museum
Museum
Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.
The Sursock Museum, officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.
Embassy of the France
Embassy
The French Embassy, Beirut is the chief diplomatic mission of France in Lebanon. Its ambassador has been Anne Grillo since 2020.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jnah and Downtown Beirut.
Jnah
Jnah is in Beirut. The Jnah is one of the luxurious residential districts of the Capital. Its name literally means "wing" due to its location along the southern border of Beirut, extending eastward from the sea to the reconstructed Sport City inland.Downtown Beirut
Downtown Beirut is the central district of Beirut, with its outdoor cafes restaurants and high end designer stores. The inner area around Nejmeh Square is pedestrian-only. Ashrafieh is to its east, while Hamra, Ras Beirut, Manara and Rawcheh to its west.
Burj Hammoud
Town
Photo: Serouj, Public domain.
Bourj Hammoud is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.
Ashrafieh
- Category: quarter
- Location: Beirut Governorate, Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Ashrafieh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأشرفية”
- Armenian: “Աշրաֆիա”
- Asturian: “Achrafieh”
- Azerbaijani: “Əşrəfiyyə”
- Bengali: “আশরাফিহ”
- Bulgarian: “Ашрафия”
- Catalan: “Archafrieh”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەشڕەفیە”
- Chinese: “阿什拉斐叶区”
- Chinese: “阿什拉斐葉區”
- Czech: “Achrafieh”
- Czech: “Ašrafíja”
- Danish: “Ashrafieh”
- Dutch: “Achrafieh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الاشرفيه”
- French: “Achrafieh”
- French: “Ashrafieh”
- German: “Achrafieh”
- German: “Aschrafija”
- German: “Aschrafiyya”
- Hebrew: “אל אשרפיה”
- Hebrew: “אל-אשרפיה”
- Hebrew: “אלאשרפיה”
- Hebrew: “אשרפייה”
- Hungarian: “Achrafieh”
- Italian: “Achrafieh”
- Japanese: “アーシュラフィーフ”
- Japanese: “アシュラフィーエ”
- Persian: “اشرفیه (بیروت)”
- Persian: “اشرفیه”
- Polish: “Al-Aszrafijja”
- Romanian: “Achrafieh”
- Romanian: “Beirut/Ashrafieh”
- Russian: “Ашрафия”
- Spanish: “Achrafieh”
- Spanish: “Archafrieh”
- Swedish: “Achrafieh”
- Tosk Albanian: “Aschrafiyya”
- Ukrainian: “Ашрафія”
- Western Armenian: “Աշրաֆիէ”
- Western Armenian: “Էշրեֆիէ”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ashrafieh”. Photo: Luciana, CC BY 2.0.