Youssef Aftimus
Lebanese civil engineer and architect
Died when: 85 years 290 days (1029 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Youssef Aftimus (Arabic: ???? ???????; 25 November 1866 – 10 September 1952) was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture.Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century, he is the author of many of Beirut's well known landmarks such as the Beirut Municipality Building, the Grand Serail's Hamidiyyeh clock tower, the and the Barakat Building.
Aftimus was also an academic, journalist, visionary urban planner, patriot, politician and philanthropist.
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