Georges Y.
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Originally built in the second half of the nineteenth century, Saint George Maronite Cathedral was renovated in the middle of the twentieth, badly damaged during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), then restored to its original designs in the late 20th century. Those designs were inspired by the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The church's grounds are surrounded by much older remains of structures from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods that were discovered during excavations that took place starting in the 1960s. After visiting the interior, go behind the cathedral for a better appreciation of its scale and surroundings.