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Grand Sofar Hotel

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Grand Sofar Hotel

The Grand Sofar Hotel is a former hotel in Sofar, Lebanon. The hotel was built in 1892 by the Sursock family. The Arab League held their first meeting there. The hotel was seriously damaged in the Lebanese civil war. In 2018 the owner, Roderick Sursock Cochrane, reopened it as a temporary art gallery.[1][2][3][4][5]

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  1. ^ "Inside the luxury hotel abandoned for 40 years". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Luxurious Grand Sofar Hotel Opens To Public In Lebanon". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. ^ Battah, Habib (21 September 2018). "Grand Sofar Hotel: A case for preservation". Beirutreport.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Tom Young's Grand Sofar Hotel exhibition harks back to Lebanon's golden age". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Grand Sofar Hotel Casino reopens its doors to art". Dailystar.com.lb. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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