NNA - Caretaker Minister of Culture, Judge Mohamed Wissam Al-Murtada, announced today that Sha'ban Castle in the southern town of Khirbet Selm will soon be included on the list of official Lebanese museums.

Minister Al-Murtada’s words came during his tour around the castle today, accompanied by its owner, Youssef Shaaban “Abu Musa.

Expressing his admiration for the site, the Minister said: "The most beautiful thing in the South is that it is splendid thanks to the bountifulness of this blessed land, which at one time was stolen from its people and liberated because they are qualified to live in this blessing."

Al-Murtada considered it a joyful opportunity to visit the Sha'ban Castle, "realized by its owner as a childhood dream in the most difficult circumstances," and encouraged every Lebanese to visit it.

He concluded: "We, functionally as the Ministry of Culture, will soon include it on the list of official Lebanese museums.”

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