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  Brummana "Livre D'Or"

Since Ancient history until modern times, successive civilizations, armies and great personalities set foot on Brummana’s lands. Brummana was also the scene of cultural and vocational conferences and seminars held by national and international organizations.

1840s
Youssef Bey Karam (Abillama Serail)

1850s
Queen of Belgium (Abillama Serail)

1888
King Milan of Serbia (Lazarists Convent: Former (Abillama Serail)

1910s
Laurence of Arabia (Farida Akl’s House)

1915
Jamal Pasha “the butcher” (Cedar Hurst Hotel)

WWI
English General Dentz (Russli Hotel)
Vichy General Weygand (Lazarists Convent)

1920
French General Gouraud (Hotel Bonfils and The Lazarists Convent)

1920s
British General Wilson (Emile Tabet’s House)
French High Commissioner Compte de Jouvenel (Dr. Dray’s House and the Lazarists Convent)

1922
Marcelle Angelil and Edith Hazelett from The American School for Girls (Manasseh’s’ residence)

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1925
The Egyptian artist Hany Kupty (Manassehs’residence)

1926
The President of the French Radicalism Party (Printania Hotel)
Ernest Nematallah Bey, Secretary General of the Egyptian Cabinet (Manasseh’s’ residence)
Captain Gregory Chapertot Conquest of the British fleet (Manasseh’s’ residence)
The man of letters Amine Al-Rihany (Manasseh’s’ residence)

1927
The American writer Alfred Fox (Manasseh’s’ residence)
Professor Wood of Bemingham (Manasseh’s’ residence)

1930s
Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinia

1940s
The French leader “General Catroux” (‘Russli & Grunwald Hotels, Lazarists Convent)
Ambassador of U.A.R. Salah Hassan (Printania Hotel)
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England
King George of Greece (Park Hotel)
President of Liberia (Cedar Hurst Hotel)
British General Spears (Emile Tabet’s house)

1942
The Commander-in-chief of the Polish army General Sikorski & his daughter (Park Hotel)

1949
King of Yemen Saif El-Islam (Printania Hotel)

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1950s
President of France Charles De Gaulle (Russli and Forest Hotel. He used to have Sunday lunches at the Lazarists (convent)
Lebanese President Camille Nemer Chamoun (Most of Brummana Hotel especially: Printania Palace, Park Hotel, Mont Vert Hotel)
Lebanese Prime Minister Sami As-Solh in (Mont-Vert Hotel)
General Anders from the UNEF “United Nations Emergency Forces” (Park Hotel and Brummana Hotel)

1950s/60s
The Arab Artists: Muhammad Abdel Wahab (Singer/Composer); Anwar Munsi (Musician); Najat Es-Saghira (Singer); Shadia (Singer/Actress); Farid Al-Atrash (Singer & Musician); Ahmad Al-Hafnawi (Violinist); Muhammad Al-Kasabji (composer/Musician) in Brummana Hotel

1959
Commander-in-Chief Bernz (Park Hotel)

1960s
Ex-leaders of the “Arab Socialist Baas Party” Michel Aflak, Al-Bitar, and others (Brummana Hotel)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Pasha Es-Said (Park Hotel)
Ali Wassef the Turkish Prince, Grandson of Sultan Abdel-Hamid

1961
United Nations Emergency Forces (Park Hotel, Printania Palace, Brummana Hotel & Mont Vert)

1965
The 2nd meeting of die Lions Int’l Clubs (Printania Palace)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Pasha Es-Said (Park Hotel)

1966
The Iraqi writer Abdelmajid Muhamad Mussa (Manasseh’s’ residence)
The VOLVO Sales Courses conference (Printania Palace)

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1967
The 2nd conference of Coca-Cola (Printania)
The inauguration of the House of Edinburgh in B.H.S. by the Prince Philippe Duke of Edinburgh himself (B.H.S.)
Ambassador of Canada (Printania Palace)
MOBIL’s first seminar (Printania Palace)

1968/69
Minister of Education in Cyprus (Printania)

1968
The Petroleum conference (Printania Palace)

1969/75
The 1st conference of Near & Middle East Medical Representatives (Printania Palace)

1969
The conference of The Lebanese Parties: The National liberal Party, The Kataeb & The National Block (Printania Palace)
YMCA conference (Printania Palace)
H. Efendic Osman from Yugoslavia (Printania Palace)

1970
The SQUIBB 4th Safes Conference (Printania Palace)
The World Health Organization meeting (Printania Palace)

1970s
The former Iraqi Prime Minister Dr Fadel Al-Joumaii (Printania Palace)

1972
Audi Bank’s first Seminar (Printania Palace)
Jordan Prime Minister Bahjat Al-Talhoumy (Printania Palace)

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1973
The man of letters Dr. Omar Farroukh (Printania Palace)
The French actor Alain Delon (Printania Palace)

1977
The Middle East Churches Council (Printania Palace)

1980
The American singer Sidney Rome (Printania Palace)
The French singer Gerard Lenorman (Printania Palace)

1981
Princess of Pakistan La Begone (Park Hotel)

1982
The delegation group of the American Embassy of Beirut (Mont Vert)

1990s
UNICEF conference (Le Crillon Hotel)
The French Singer Chantal Goya (Printania Palace & Le Crillon)

1995
Conferences of the C.G.T. L. “Confédération Générale du Travail Libanaise” under patronage of the German institution Fredritch Ebert (Garden Hotel)

1996
United Nations Conferences on non-governmental humanitarian organizations, sponsored by Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri (Garden Hotel)

1999
Conferences of the Working Woman (Garden Hotel)

2000
Conferences on forestation, held by the Ministry of Agriculture and the ESCWA (Garden Hotel)

2001
Syndicate of Doctors Conferences (Garden Hotel)
Regional Seminar on the Institutionalization of HIV Education Within the School System (Printania Palace)

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