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| 10000 Lebanese pounds |
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| Ten thousand Lebanese pounds |
Currency of Lebanon 10000 Livres banknote 1998
Bank of Lebanon - Banque du Liban
Lebanon Banknotes - Lebanon Paper Money
Obverse: Cedar tree; Modern geometric designs: 16 squares on the face of the note symbolizing both the reconstruction of Lebanon and the front gates of the Central Bank of Lebanon.
Reverse: Martyrs' Monument is a monument by Italian sculptor Marino Mazzacurati on Martyrs' Square in the heart of downtown Beirut. It commemorates the hanging of a cross-confessional group of Lebanese Patriots who had spoken against Turkish rule by Ottoman General Jamal Pasha in 1916.; Geometric block design: 25 rectangles symbolizing the unity of the 25 regions of the Lebanon. This unity constitutes the guarantee of the safety, the prosperity and the future of Lebanon.; stylized landscape and mountain; cedar trees. 3-mm wide magenta-to-green windowed security thread with printed BDL 10000 ١٠٠٠٠.
Main colors: Yellow, orange, and green.
Watermark: Cedar tree and electrotype ١٠٠٠٠.
Dimensions: 156 x 76 mm.
Lebanon Banknotes - Lebanon Paper Money
All of Lebanon’s currency has the same background of modern geometric designs symbolizing the reconstruction of Lebanon. The banknotes each have 16 squares on the face of the note symbolizing both the reconstruction of Lebanon and the front gates of the Central Bank of Lebanon. In the background of the banknote are 25 rectangles symbolizing the unity of the 25 regions of the Lebanon. This unity constitutes the guarantee of the safety, the prosperity and the future of Lebanon.
1994 & 1995 "Geometric Designs" Large Size Issue
1998-1999 "Geometric Designs" Smaller Size Issue
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2001 "Geometric Designs / Wide Security Thread" - Printer G&D - Issue
2004 & 2008 "Euro Size" Issue
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2011-2016 Issue
Martyrs’ Monument
Martyrs' Monument is a monument by Italian sculptor Marino Mazzacurati on Martyrs' Square in the heart of downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It was inaugurated in 1960.
The monument was built in honor of martyrs executed on Martyrs’ Square in 1916, at the orders of Ottoman military ruler Jamal Pasha.
Construction
In 1930, Martyrs' Square displayed the first commemorative sculpture in memory of Lebanese and Arab nationalists hanged during World War I at the orders of Ottoman military ruler Jamal Pasha. The artwork by Youssef Hoyek represented two women, a Muslim and a Christian, holding hands in a symbolic gesture over a coffin. In 1956, President Camille Chamoun laid the foundation stone of a monument conceived by architect Sami Abdel Baki. It was never realized. Today, the four-meter-high statue of the Martyrs that adorns the square was created by Italian artist Marino Mazzacurati, and inaugurated by President Fouad Chehab in 1960. Damaged during the Civil War (1975-1990), the Martyrs’ monument was dismantled in 1996, to be restored in the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. The restoration intentionally preserved the marks of war damage.
History
Martyrs’ Square is named after the martyrs executed there in 1916, in the last years of Ottoman rule. The square displays a monument built in their honor. In 1930, during the French Mandate, the first commemorative sculpture was erected on the square in memory of Lebanese and Arab nationalists hanged during World War I at the orders of Ottoman military ruler Jamal Pasha. The artwork by Youssef Hoyek represented two women, a Muslim and a Christian, holding hands in a symbolic gesture over a coffin. In 1956, President Camille Chamoun laid the foundation stone of a monument conceived by architect Sami Abdel Baki. It consisted of an arch soaring over an obelisk, but was never realized. The four-meter-high statue of the Martyrs that now adorns the square was created by Italian artist Marino Mazzacurati, and inaugurated by President Fouad Chehab in 1960. Damaged during the Civil War (1975-1990), the Martyrs’ monument was dismantled in 1996, to be restored in the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik. The restoration intentionally preserved the marks of war damage.