St. Georges Hotel

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The Hotel St. Georges is a historic resort hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, opened in 1934. It was constructed by a French investment group, the Société Des Grands Hotels Du Levant (SGHL), during the period of the French mandate. Parisian architect Auguste Perret came to Beirut to design the hotel with local architect Antun Tabet. Local businessman Abdallah El-Khoury, along with several partners, bought the SGHL in 1958. El-Khoury died in 1964, and his wife Nadia managed the hotel through its heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s, when guests included Brigitte Bardot, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, King Hussein of Jordan, the Shah of Iran and his wife Princess Soraya, as well as spies from both sides in the Cold War, like Kim Philby, who frequented its famous bar. The hotel closed in 1975, as a result of the Lebanese Civil War. It was one of the main sites of the infamous Battle