article · Issue No. 11, November 1949 · p. 38 p. 39

The Golden Palace of Abd al-Rahim Diab

قصر عبد الرحيم دياب الذهبي

○ Four hundred native workmen labored on it for two years. ○ It combines the French and Lebanese styles. ○ Its furniture is from Paris, in the style of Louis XIV. ○ It contains artistic paintings by European artists. ○ The French artist Perrot has begun composing a book about the palace, on the model of the book of the Palace of Versailles. ○ The grand hall is plated with 22-carat gold. ○ When the French engineer finished his work, he wept and said: "I thank God that I have found a man who shuts his eyes and opens his pocket..." ○ "The Woman's Voice" was the first to take a reportage and photographs of the palace, some of which were published by "Beirut al-Masa."

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