archdaily iranian on Instagram‎: "Beirut, one of the world’s oldest urban settlements, unfolds as a tapestry of 5,000 years of architectural and cultural evolution. Shaped by Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Ottoman layers, the city has grown into a cosmopolitan nexus between Europe and the Middle East. Its urban fabric reveals striking juxtapositions, where contemporary high-rises and avant-garde developments rise seamlessly alongside Ottoman residences, Roman relics, and Byzantine foundations. Th