Mardiros Altounian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Lebanese Parliament A gift from an emigre, the clock tower in Nejmeh Square Mardiros Altounian (1889-1958) was an Armenian-Lebanese architect. He designed the Lebanese Parliament Building in Beirut (1931), the Abed clock tower (1934), Azounieh sanitorum in Chouf, and Melkonian Benefactors' Mausoleum in Cyprus (with French-Armenian sculptor Leon Mouradoff).[1][2][3] Altounian was French-Armenian. The mausoleum replaced an older wooden trellis monument and was completed in 1956. Altounian graduated…
Lire la suiteL’homme qui a designé le Parlement libanais : Mardiros (Martyr) Altounian
