Al-Mansour Hotel
Hotel in Baghdad - Iraq
Al-Mansour Hotel (Arabic: فندق المنصور) is located on the bank of the Tigris River in the center of Baghdad. It was built in 1980 as the Al-Mansour Melia Hotel, part of the Spanish Meliá hotel chain. Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the hotel became one of the finest in Baghdad, hosting visiting oil executives and businessmen. In 2007, the hotel was targeted in a bombing attack, resulting in 12 deaths.
History
The hotel's building was completed in the 1970s and was opened during the Iran-Iraq War, the management of the hotel was granted in its infancy to the Spanish company Meliá Hotels International, and because of that it was known as "Al-Mansur Melia", and it was one of the first major hotels in the Iraqi capital. Despite the war and the fact that it was bombed three times by Iranian forces, it did not stop the hotel from its activities and events. Iraqis would choose this hotel to hold weddings and festivals that included poetry, Arab plastic art, theater, and solidarity conferences. These activities were supported by Saddam Hussein's government. During the Gulf War, the hotel suffered severe missile bombings after US forces made sure no journalist was in the building. After the events of 2003, the hotel suffered bombings, looting, burnings and mob attacks.
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