RIYADH: Italy and the UN’s cultural arm have signed a €1 million ($1.21 million) funding agreement to renovate one of Beirut’s most famous museums.
Located in a historic villa in Achrafieh, the Sursock Museum was severely damaged in the Beirut port blasts last August.
The building houses more than 1,500 works of art along with other valuable collections.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni and the director of UNESCO’s Beirut office, Costanza Farina, in the presence of the chairman of the museum’s board of trustees, Dr. Tarek Mitri.
The Sursock Museum suffered severe damage during the Beirut Port blast. (AFP/File)