The Palace Exterior
The residence was built at the beginning of the 18th century. An inscription engraved on the wall in one of the rooms gives the date of construction as the Hijri year 1134 (1721 AD).
The palace was initially the home of Ali Hammoud and until the end of the 18th century, a family of Ottoman aghas of Maghreb origin.
The palace consisted of the ground floor accommodating some small shops, stables and a garden and a further storey with diwans, a liwan, some other rooms and an internal courtyard open to the sky.
In 1845 Youssef Debbané purchases the palace from the Hammoud family
The home of the Debbané family incorporates all the elements of the Arab-Ottoman dar of this period. The palace was initially the home of Ali Hammoud and until the end of the 18th century, a family of Ottoman Aghas of Magreb origin.
Palace Facade (1988)
