The Egg, Beirut
Ruins · Lebanon
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 33.894, 35.506
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
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. Youssef El Zein, founder of GroupZein S.A.L, was assigned for the interior works. It was part of a commercial and residential project named "Beirut City Center", by architect Joseph Philippe Karam.