Bayt Farhi
| Bayt Farhi | |
|---|---|
بيت فرحي | |
Bayt Farhi depicted in Gathering Citrons, a painting by Frederic Leighton (1873) | |
| Alternative names | Beit Farhi; Farhi Palace; Bayt al-Muʿallim |
| General information | |
| Type | Courtyard mansion |
| Architectural style | Ottoman Damascene |
| Location | al-ʿAmāra al-Juwāniyya (Jewish Quarter), Old City, Damascus, Syria |
| Completed | late 18th century |
| Client | The Farhi family |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 (around courtyards) |
Bayt Farhi (Arabic: بيت فرحي) is a large late-18th-century courtyard mansion in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. Built for the Farhi family, a prominent Sephardic Jewish dynasty active in Ottoman provincial finance and administration, the house is among the most elaborate surviving examples of Damascene domestic architecture, noted for its multiple courtyards, richly painted and gilded wooden interiors (ʿajamī), marble pavements and fountains. The mansion functioned as the Farhi family seat in Damascus during their political ascendancy c. 1780–1840 and later underwent partial restoration in the early 21st century.