Tourist Landmark of the Resistance, Military museum in Mleeta, South Governorate, Lebanon.
The Tourist Landmark of the Resistance is a military museum in Mleeta that displays uniforms, weapons, documents, and photographs indoors, along with tanks and artillery pieces outside. The site consists of several exhibition areas that together provide a complete picture of daily life and equipment from that period.
Hezbollah opened the museum on 25 May 2010, the tenth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. The site had been a forward base for resistance fighters facing fortified Israeli positions such as Bir Kallab and Sujud until that withdrawal. The idea for a resistance cultural complex was drafted by a Lebanese University architecture student in 1999 and 2000, and the built project was realised in 2010.
The museum shows how this place matters to local people by telling stories of fighters and their community through photographs and personal objects. Visitors can see how this history continues to shape life in the region today.
Visitors find signage in Arabic and English throughout the site to help with navigation in both indoor and outdoor areas. Guided tours are available and allow for exploring all sections in a connected way.
Underground, there is a tunnel system that shows how fighters lived and worked in subterranean spaces. These passages allow visitors to experience firsthand the spatial conditions of that time.
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