Urgent roof coverings for 18 historical houses in Rmeil and Medawar quarters

The historical quarters of Rmeil and Medawar include 19th and 20th century houses from the Ottoman and French mandate periods. These two quarters are located close to the site of the 4 August 2020 explosion, and a result, several houses required urgent stabilization efforts, as many lost their roofs, either fully or partially. In close cooperation with the Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) of Lebanon, the Beirut Heritage Initiative (BHI) provided temporary roof coverings (such as tarp or sheet metal) for those houses. In total, 22 emergency repairs to 18 historic buildings were undertaken to waterproof the damaged roofs of historic houses, whose owners had no means to stabilize them.