Baabda Palace (Arabic: قصر بعبدا) is the headquarters of the President of Lebanon. It is situated on a hill in the mountain town of Baabda overlooking the Lebanese capital, Beirut. It is surrounded by the Ministry of Defence and various military posts. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... This page lists presidents of Lebanon. ... Baabda (Arabic: بعبدا) is a capital city of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon. ... Central Beirut (2004) Beirut (Arabic: , BayrÅ«t) is the capital, largest city, and chief seaport of Lebanon. ...
It started hosting the weekly ministerial meetings every other week after the usual venue of the ministerial meetings was abandoned due to security reasons in mid-2005. Now, the ministerial meetings are held in alternating order at Baabda Palace and the Grand Serail.
The activity at the palace that day was unusual: hundreds of delegations from several villages, cities, towns, schools, clubs, syndicates and universities came to the palace to show their support for the leader.
On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, the Presidental Palace square was crowded with thousands of citizens who decided to execute a sit-in and shield the palace and the leader with their bodies.
BaabdaPalace, the People's house, became a place for all Lebanese who believe in unity and liberation to meet with each other.
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