The Egg

The Egg, or the Dome, is an unfinished cinema building in Beirut, Lebanon. Its construction began in 1965 but was interrupted with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 and the horse-shoe shaped dome that remains today is now a landmark in Beirut.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: unfinished cinema structure in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Also known as: “The Dome” and “The Egg, Beirut”
  • Address: Beyrouth

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Muhammad al-Amin Mosque and Saint Joseph University of Beirut.

Mosque
Photo: NicolasGaron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni , 72 m high, minarets´ roof of 65 m high and main dome spire of 48 m high and its roof 42 m, is located in downtown , Lebanon. is situated 200 metres north of The Egg.

University
Photo: Eddy.dossantos2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a private research university in , , founded in 1875 by French Jesuit missionaries and subsidized by the Government of France during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. is situated 360 metres southeast of The Egg.

Church
Photo: Lebnen18, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Constructed between 1884 and 1894 under Archbishop Joseph Debs, the cathedral stands on the site of an earlier 18th-century church dedicated to Saint George. is situated 200 metres north of The Egg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Beirut and Bab Idriss Square.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
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. is to its east, while , , Manara and to its west.

Locality
is a square in downtown , .

Suburb
is one of the twelve quarters of .

The Egg

Latitude
33.89351° or 33° 53′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.50604° or 35° 30′ 22″ east
Inception
1965
Open location code
8G5QVGV4+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 478036527
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q60749792
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“The Egg” goes by many names.

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