Lebanon’s ‘Tower of Bitterness’ transformed into colorful public installation art
Burj el Murr, also known as the “Tower of Bitterness”, is an abandoned and unfinished 40-story tower in Beirut. Its construction started around 1974, one year before the Lebanese Civil War began—a violent period in the country’s history that lasted for 15 years. Originally intended to be a hotel or an office space, the tower […]