Minister of Culture Ghassan Salameh during a visit to the national museum, poses for a photo with students. (Credit: NNA)
Cultural Minister Ghassan Salameh paid homage to a foundational element of Lebanese heritage during a speech at the World Heritage ceremony on April 17. “Stone — a relic of the past — remains an essential tool for writing the history of a region,” Salameh said at the event held at the National Museum in honor of what is also known as International Day for Monuments and Sites.“Heritage has a national dimension," Salameh said. "It is difficult to forge an identity without referring to it,” bringing to mind specifically emblematic sites like Baalbeck, Sour, Byblos or Tripoli: “Without them, we would live in a cultural desert.”He insisted on heritage's economic value, saying, “Our sites, classified as of outstanding universal value, constitute a true tourist wealth. I hope the security situation will stabilize in the weeks or...
Cultural Minister Ghassan Salameh paid homage to a foundational element of Lebanese heritage during a speech at the World Heritage ceremony on April 17. “Stone — a relic of the past — remains an essential tool for writing the history of a region,” Salameh said at the event held at the National Museum in honor of what is also known as International Day for Monuments and Sites.“Heritage has a national dimension," Salameh said. "It is difficult to forge an identity without referring to it,” bringing to mind specifically emblematic sites like Baalbeck, Sour, Byblos or Tripoli: “Without them, we would live in a cultural desert.”He insisted on heritage's economic value, saying, “Our sites, classified as of outstanding universal value, constitute a true tourist wealth. I hope the security situation will stabilize...
