Immeuble de L'Union

Description

Sanayeh neighborhood was designed from the late nineteenth century under the Ottoman Empire. Originally, the district Sanayeh is articulated around a school of arts and crafts and a hospital who was contiguous. The area was known as the "Sanayeh," which means "business" by reference to the School of Arts and Crafts. The objective of the Trade School, intended primarily for Muslims, was to stand out from traditional Muslim schools, but also to fight against the growing influence of European and American missionary schools, which grew in the surrounding neighborhoods, primarily to Zokak el Blat 2. Poor children could have access to education. French teachers were asked to avoid partitioning the school and open to different denominations, with the idea of ​​putting this expertise to service industries.

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