Beirut Hippodrome

Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is home to two hippodromes, a historic one from the Roman era and a modern one that was built in the late 19th century.

Photo: Synaps commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Beirut and Horsh Beirut.

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. National Museum of Beirut is situated 300 metres east of Beirut Hippodrome.

Horsh Beirut

Park

Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.

Horsh Beirut is an urban park in the heart of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar. The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres of green space within municipal Beirut.

USJ Humanities Campus

University

Photo: Naxh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

USJ Humanities Campus is an university, which is situated 400 metres north of Beirut Hippodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jnah and Ashrafieh.

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.

Ashrafieh

Photo: Luciana, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Beirut

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. The city is on a relatively small headland jutting into the east Mediterranean.

Beirut Hippodrome

Type: Athletics track
Description: Roman and modern horse racing venue in Beirut, Lebanon
Categories: sports venue, horse racing, recreation area, and sports location
Location: Beirut, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.87745° or 33° 52′ 39″ north

Longitude

35.51183° or 35° 30′ 43″ east

Open location code

8G5QVGG6+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 481312160

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=track

OpenStreetMap feature

sport=horse_racing

Wikidata ID

Q4881380

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Beirut Hippodrome” goes by many names.

Arabic: “سباق الخيل”
Arabic: “ميدان سباق الخيل في بيروت”
French: “Hippodrome de Beyrouth”
French: “Hippodrome du parc de Beyrouth”
Hebrew: “ההיפודרום של ביירות”
Spanish: “Hipodromo de Beirut”
Spanish: “Hipódromo de Beirut”

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