page_title: Beiteddine Palace
section_title: Visiting the palace
hierarchical_section_title: Beiteddine Palace / Visiting the palace
caption_attribution_description: English: Beiteddine palace: Baths
context_page_description: Beiteddine Palace is a 19th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon. It hosts the annual Beiteddine Festival and the Beiteddine Palace Museum.
context_section_description: The main entrance leads to a 107x45 meter courtyard. Along the right side of this court is a two-story wing, Al-Madafa, which was once used for receiving guests.
  The entrance to the central section of the palace, Dar El Wousta, is from a double stairway at the far western end of the courtyard. From this point on, the impressive but austere appearance of the outside court and buildings gives way to the delightful architecture featuring beautiful arcades, mandaloun balconies, fountains, facades, rooms with carved and painted cedar wood embellished with Arab calligraphy, antique furniture, inlaid marble and fine mosaics. These rooms served as offices and receptions salons. 
  At the far end of this courtyard rise the private apartments, Dar el Harim, composed of a large and richly decorated façade, the Upper Harem, the selamlik, the Lower Harem and the kitchens.
  At the northern edge of the Dar El Harim section is the hammam. 
  Beyond the hammam is the tree-shaded tomb of Emir Bashir Shehab II and his first wife.
caption: Beiteddine palace: Baths
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