The House Of Mr. Boutros Rizk
Description
The house was built according to the traditional architecture of Ras Baalbek’s houses. Its lower floor is characterized by arches under which people used to sit on a large stone adjacent to the wall. The upper floor was used to welcome guests during summer.
The residents of the house lived in the lower floor containing many rooms and the upper floor was used to host celebrations such as weddings. These houses were built with stones and rocks extracted from Ras Baalbek’s quarries and with wood specially designed based on the traditional Ras Baalbek’s models.