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Lebanon hopes UNESCO danger listing could save crumbling modernist fairground

A general view shows the Rachid Karami International Fair which was designed by a Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and now inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

Tripoli, Lebanon Reuters Its arch is cracking and its vast pavilions lie empty, but the crumbling Rachid Karami International Fair in Lebanon’s port city Tripoli now has hope of revival, having been added to the United Nations’ list of world heritage sites in danger. Designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1962, the collection of […]