Mardiros Altounian
Lebanese Parliament
A gift from an emigre, the clock tower in Nejmeh Square
Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958) was an Armenian-Lebanese architect. He designed the Lebanese Parliament Building in Beirut (1931), the (1934), Azounieh sanitorum in Chouf, and Melkonian in Cyprus (with French-Armenian sculptor ).[1][2][3] Altounian was French-Armenian. The mausoleum replaced an older wooden trellis monument and was completed in 1956.
Altounian graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, in 1918.[1]
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- ^ a b THE LEGACY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN BEIRUT, 1950-1975 Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine by Andre Trad Woldview Cities
- ^ The Armenians of Cyprus Page 31 by Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra
- ^ Nejmeh Square with aerial photo of Abed clock tower
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