Sehenswürdigkeiten in Lebanon

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Moukhtara

Moukhtara (Arabic: المختارة‎) is a small town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. The town's inhabitants are divided between Druze and Christians. It is the hometown of Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party.

Mudeirej Bridge

The Mudeirej Bridge or Mdairej Bridge is a bridge in Lebanon. It was completed in 1998 as the tallest and highest bridge in Lebanon and the Middle East but this has since been surpassed.

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias

The Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias (informally Antelias of the Maronites) (in Latin: Archieparchia Anteliensis Maronitarum) is a Maronite (Antiochian Rite, Arabic), non-Metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic Archdiocese) in northern Lebanon.It is immediately dependent on the Maronite…

Holy See of Cilicia

The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian: Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church. Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia has been headquartered in Antelias, Lebanon.

Hope for Peace

The Hope for Peace (Espoir de Paix) Monument is a monument in Yarze, Lebanon, made to celebrate the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. It was designed by the French-born American artist Armand Fernandez. It is located near the Ministry of National Defence. It was built in 1995.

Baabda Palace

Baabda Palace (or Presidential Palace, French: Palais présidentiel de Baabda, Arabic: قصر بعبدا‎), also known as Qantari Palace, is the official residence of the President of Lebanon.

Crater

On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.

Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut

The Archaeology Museum of the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon is the third oldest museum in the Near East after Cairo and Constantinople.

Al Majidieh

Al-Majidiyyeh Mosque (Arabic: جامع المجيدية‎) is a mosque located in Beirut, Lebanon.Originally a fort, the building was converted into a mosque in the mid-19th century and named after Sultan Abdul Majid. Damaged during the Lebanese Civil War, the mosque was restored in 2004.

Sursock Museum

The Sursock Museum (Arabic: قصر سرسق‎), which is officially known as the Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum, is a modern art and contemporary art museum in Beirut, Lebanon.In 1912, the wealthy and prominent Lebanese aristocrat Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock built the private villa that now houses the…

law school of Berytus

The law school of Berytus (also known as the law school of Beirut and the Berytian school of Roman law) was a center for the study of Roman law in classical antiquity located in Berytus (modern-day Beirut, Lebanon).

Berytus

Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤕𐤀, romanized: Biruta; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ ἐν Φοινίκῃ) or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century to 64 BCE, was t…

Government Serail

The Grand Serail (Arabic: السراي الكبير‎, al-Sarāy al-Kabir; French: Le Grand Serail; also known as the Government Palace) is the headquarters of the Prime Minister of Lebanon. It is situated atop a hill in downtown Beirut a few blocks away from the Lebanese Parliament building.

Beiteddine Palace

Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين‎) is a 19th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon. It hosts the annual Beiteddine Festival and the Beiteddine Palace Museum.Emir Bashir II of the Shihab dynasty, who later became the ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate, built the palace between 17…

Moussa Castle

Moussa Castle is a castle between Deir el Qamar and Beit ed-Dine in Lebanon.The 3,500 sq m (37,673 sq ft) castle was built by Moussa Abdel Karim Al Maamari, and was opened to the public in 1969.

Deir el Qamar Synagogue

The Deir el Qamar Synagogue, in Deir el Qamar, a village in south-central Lebanon, is the oldest synagogue in Mount Lebanon.

Fakhredine Mosque

Fakhreddine Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الأمير فخر الدين‎) with its octagonal minaret is a mosque in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon. Built in 1493 by Fakhr al-Din I and restored in the sixteenth century, it is the oldest mosque in Mount Lebanon.Fakhreddine PalaceDeir el Qamar Website

Our Lady of Lebanon

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon (also known as Our Lady of Harissa, Arabic: سيدة لبنان‎, Sayyidat Lubnān; French: Notre Dame du Liban) is a Marian shrine and a pilgrimage site in the village of Harissa in Lebanon.

Kloster Bkerke

Bkerké (Arabic: بكركي, also Bkerke or Bkirki) is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 650 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon.Though now exclusively used by the church, the area was owned by the no…

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh (in Latin: Eparchia Ioubbensis, Sarbensis et Iuniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch in Lebanon. In 2013 there were 396,250 baptized.

Lower Grotto

The Jeita Grotto (Arabic: مغارة جعيتا‎) is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres (5.6 mi).

Battle of the Hotels

The Battle of the Hotels (Arabic: معركة الفنادق‎, Maʿrakah al-Fanādiq), also known as the "Hotel front" or "Front des Hotels" in French, was a subconflict within the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War which occurred in the Minet-el-Hosn hotel district of downtown Beirut.

old Holiday Inn

The Holiday Inn Beirut is a ruined hotel in Beirut, Lebanon on Omar Daouk Street in the central Minet el Hosn neighborhood. The Holiday Inn was in operation for only a year before the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975.

Beirut Terraces

Beirut Terraces is a residential skyscraper in the Central district of downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It is located at 1399 Fouad Najjar Street in the Minet el-Hosn neighborhood, south of the Platinum Tower. It has 26 floors with an overall height of 119.5 m (392 ft).

Al-Omari Grand Mosque

Al-Omari Grand Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العمري الكبير‎) is a mosque in Beirut Central District, Lebanon.The Al-Omari Grand Mosque was originally the Church of Saint John and was built by the crusaders in the 12th century.

Saint Louis

The St. Louis Cathedral also Saint Louis Capuchin Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Beyrouth) is a Latin Catholic church in downtown Beirut, located to the north of the Grand Serail and Council of Reconstruction and Development.

Emir Assaf Mosque

The Emir Assaf Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأمير منصور عساف‎) is a mosque located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.This mosque was inaugurated by Emir Mansur Assaf in 1597, on the former Serail Square that hosted Emir Fakhreddine’s palace and celebrated gardens.

Roman Agora

The Petit Serail (Arabic: السراي الصغير‎ / ALA-LC: as-sarāy as- ṣaghir; literally "Little Saray") was a historic administrative Ottoman building in Beirut that housed the seat of the Wali of Syria and Beirut.

Maghen Abraham Synagogue

The Maghen Abraham Synagogue (Arabic: كنيس ماغين أبراهام‎ - Kanīs Mā'ghīn Abrā'hām; Hebrew: בית הכנסת מגן אברהם‎ - Beth HaKenesset Magen Avraham) is one of the main synagogues in Lebanon.Located in the Jewish district of Wadi Abu Jamil in downtown Beirut, the…

Muhammad al-Amin Mosque

The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque (Arabic: جامع محمد الأمين‎), also referred to as the Blue Mosque, is a Sunni Muslim mosque located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.In the 19th century, a Zawiya (prayer corner) was built on this site.

St George Maronite Cathedral

Saint George Maronite Cathedral (Arabic: كاتدرائية مار جرجس للموارنة‎) is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut, Archdiocese of the city of Beirut, Lebanon.

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut

Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut (in Latin: Archeparchia Berytensis Maronitarum) is an archeparchial seat of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See in Lebanon. As of 2012, there were 232,000 baptized.

Robert Mouawad Private Museum

The Robert Mouawad Private Museum (Arabic: متحف روبير معوض الخاص‎) is a private residence in Beirut's Zokak el-Blat quarter that was turned into a museum by the Lebanese businessman Robert Mouawad.

René Moawad Garden

The René Moawad Garden (French: Jardin René Moawad) known by the public as the Sanayeh Garden is located in the Sanayeh district of Beirut, Lebanon. The garden is one of the oldest public open-air spaces in the capital.

National Evangelical Church of Beirut

The National Evangelical Church of Beirut (NEC) is a reformed church in Beirut, member of the National Evangelical Church Union of Lebanon.Established in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in 1848 by Congregational and Presbyterian American missionaries, the NEC is the oldest and the largest of nine cong…

The Egg

The Egg, or the Dome, is an unfinished cinema building in Beirut, Lebanon. Its construction began in 1965 but was interrupted with the outbreak the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 and the horse-shoe shaped dome that remains today is now a landmark in Beirut.

Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator

The Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիա – Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ եկեղեցի) is a cathedral of the Armenian Catholic Church in Debbas Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

Old Damascus

The Ancient City of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة‎, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria.

Omayyad Mosque

The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي‎, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.

Palm Islands Nature Reserve

The Palm Islands Nature Reserve consists of three flat, rocky islands of eroded limestone and the surrounding sea area, located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) offshore and northwest of the city of Mina El Mina, Lebanon, to the west of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Tel Chai

Tel Hai (Hebrew: תֵּל חַי‎ [tel χai] "Hill of Life") is a name of the former Jewish settlement in northern Galilee, the site of an early battle between Jews and Arabs heralding the growing civil conflict, and of a monument, tourist attraction, and a college.

Anjar

Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river"; Arabic: عنجر‎ / ALA-LC: ‘Anjar; also known as Hosh Mousa (Arabic: حوش موسى‎ / Ḥawsh Mūsá), is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians.

Sidon

Sidon, known locally as Sayda or Saida (Arabic: صيدا‎), is the sixth-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast.

Temple of Eshmoun

The Temple of Eshmun (Arabic: معبد أشمون‎) is an ancient place of worship dedicated to Eshmun, the Phoenician god of healing. It is located near the Awali river, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of Sidon in southwestern Lebanon.

Aammiq Wetland

The Aammiq Wetland (the name is also sometimes transliterated as "Ammiq"or "Aamiq") is the largest remaining freshwater wetland in Lebanon, a remnant of much more extensive marshes and lakes that once existed in the Bekaa Valley.

Byblos

Byblos (Arabic: جبيل‎ Jubayl, also spelled Jubayl, or Jebeil,locally Jbeil; Greek: Βύβλος; Phoenician: 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (GBL), (probably Gubla)) is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.

Chouf District

Chouf (also spelled Shouf, Shuf or Chuf, in Arabic: جبل الشوف‎ Jabal ash-Shouf; French: La Montagne du Chouf) is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon.Located south-east of Beirut, the region comprises a narrow c…

Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb

The commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb are a group of over 20 inscriptions and rock reliefs carved into the limestone rocks around the estuary of the Nahr al-Kalb (Dog River) in Lebanon, just north of Beirut.

Maktab Anbar

Maktab Anbar (Arabic: مكتب عنبر‎) (Anbar Office) is a house in the center of Old Damascus, Syria. The house was built as a private residence by a local Jewish notable Mr. Anbar in the mid 19th century and was later confiscated by the Ottoman government after Mr. Anbar's bankruptcy.

Bab Al Saghir

Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: بَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎, "Small Gate"), also called Goristan-e-Ghariban, may refer to one of the seven gates in the Old City of Damascus, and street in the modern city of Damascus, Syria.

Cemetery Bab as-Saghir

Maqbarah al-Bāb aṣ-Ṣaghīr (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة الْـبَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر‎) is the ancient maqbarah (Arabic: مَـقْـبَـرَة‎, cemetery) which is some 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.Notable interments:

Tekkiye Mosque

The Tekkiye Mosque or Sultan Selim Mosque (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة‎, romanized: et-Tekiyye es-Süleymāniyye, Turkish: Selimiye Camii or Sultan Selim Camii) is a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, located on the banks of the Barada River.Sultan Suleiman…

Damascus

Damascus ( də-MASS-kəs or də-MAHS-kəs; Arabic: دمشق‎, romanized: Dimaşk Arabic pronunciation: [diˈmaʃq], Syrian Arabic: Arabic pronunciation: [dɪˈmaʃʔ], Classical Syriac: ܕܰܪܡܣܘܩ‎, romanized: Darmswq) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according t…

Siege of Damascus (634)

The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria.The last of the Roman–Persian Wars ended in 628, after Heraclius concluded a s…

National Archealogical Museum

The National Museum of Damascus (Arabic: الْمَتْحَفُ الْوَطَنِيُّ بِدِمَشْقَ‎) is a museum in the heart of Damascus, Syria.

Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery

Our Lady of Saidnaya Patriarchal Monastery (Arabic: دير سيدة صيدنايا البطريركي‎) is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria.

Saidnaya

Saidnaya (also transliterated Saydnaya or Sednaya from the Syriac: ܣܝܕܢܝܐ‎, Arabic: صيدنايا‎, romanized: Ṣaydnāyā) is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level, 27 km (17 mi) north of the city of Damascus in Syria.

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa

Al-Rukniyah Madrasa (Arabic: الْمَدْرَسَة الرُّكْنِيَّة‎, romanized: al-Madrasah ar-Ruknīyah) is a 13th-century madrasah located in Damascus, Syria.Al-Adiliyah Madrasa Az-Zahiriyah Library Nur al-Din Madrasa

Damascus Opera House

The Damascus Opera House (officially Dar al-Assad for Culture and Arts) (Arabic: دَارُ الْأَسَدِ لِلثَّقَافَةِ وَالْفُنُونِ‎) is the national opera house of Syria.

Mansouri Great Mosque

The Mansouri Great Mosque (Arabic: المسجد المنصوري الكبير‎) is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It was built in the Mamluk period, from 1294 to 1314.

Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles

The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, also known as Mons Peregrinus ("Pilgrim's Mountain"), Qala'at Sanjil and Qala'at Tarablus in Arabic, is a citadel and fort on a hilltop in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Mt. Sna'im

Har Senaim or Senaim (Hebrew: הר סנאים‎, romanized: Har Senaʾim, lit. 'Mount of squirrels'; Arabic: Hafur el-Qurn, or Tell el-Hafur, or Arabic: جبل الحلاوة‎, romanized: Jabal Halawa, lit. 'Mountain of Sweetness'), is an archaeological site that sits on a peak near Mount Her…

Second Battle of Mount Hermon

The Second Battle of Mount Hermon was fought on October 8, 1973, during the Yom Kippur War between the Syrian Army and the Israeli Army. After the IDF outpost on Mount Hermon was captured by Syria on October 6, Israel decided to launch a hasty counterattack.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

The Stone of the Pregnant Woman (Arabic: Hajar el Hibla) or Stone of the South is a Roman monolith in Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), Lebanon. Together with another ancient stone block nearby, it is among the largest monoliths ever quarried.

Mar Sarkis, Ehden

The Monastery of Mar Sarkis, Ehden (known also as Mar Sarkis, Ras Al Nahr, Arabic: دير القديسين سركيس و باخوس – رأس النهر‎) is a monastery located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

Iaat

Iaat (Arabic: إيعات‎ also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, famed for its Corinthian column: this is a single column of unknown date (but probably dated from Roman times), approximately half way between Baalbek and…

Gibran Museum

The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Beirut.

Leontes Bridge

The Leontes Bridge is a Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crosses the Litani River (the ancient Leontes) in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre.

Battle of Jezzine

The Battle of Jezzine (13 June 1941) was part of the Australian 7th Division's advance on Beirut during the five-week-long Syria-Lebanon campaign by the Allies against Vichy French forces in Syria and Lebanon.

Nabi Habeel Mosque

Nabi Habeel Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلنَّبِي هَابِيْل‎, romanized: Masjid An-Nabī Hābīl; Turkish: Nabi Habeel Camii), or "Mosque of the Prophet Abel", is a shrine dedicated to Habeel, located on the west mountains of Damascus, near the Zabadani Valley, overlooking the vil…

Qasr el Banat, Lebanon

Qasr el Banat (Arabic: قصر البنات) is an ancient temple (probably Roman) situated 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of Chlifa in the Baalbek District of the Beqaa Governorate in the city of Qsarnaba (Lebanon).It is believed the site was called the "Castle of Virgins" and was the residence of vi…

Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya

Qozhaya (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܢܛܘܢܝܘܣ ܩܘܙܚܝܐ‎, Arabic: دير مار أنطونيوس قزحيا‎), also transliterated Qazahya is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.

Roman temple of Qasr Neba

Kasarnaba (Arabic: قصرنبا‎) is a town in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon famous for its hilly terrain and Traditional Agricultural practices.The town is located at the shoulder of The Western Lebanese Mountain Range just to the East of Mount Sanine specifically and it o…

Temnin el-Foka

Temnin el-Foka (Arabic: تمنين الفوقا‎) is a small village in the Baalbek District in Lebanon.Temnin el-Foqa was created during Roman times, but the original name is unknown.

Battle of Sultan Yacoub

The Battle of Sultan Yacoub was a battle between Syria and Israel during the 1982 Lebanon War, which occurred near the village of Sultan Yacoub in the Lebanese Bekaa, close to the borders with Syria.

Lower Small Temple of Niha

Niha (Arabic: نيحا‎ [ˈniħa]) is a village in the Bekaa Valley about 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Zahlé. It is famous for its Roman archeological ruins in the outskirts, and in particular two lower Roman temples that date back to the 1st century AD.The name Niha is used by four Lebanese towns or v…

Afqa

Afqa (Arabic: افقا‎; also spelled Afka) is a village and municipality located in the Byblos District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, 71 kilometres (44 mi) northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It has an average elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level and a total land area of 934 hectares.

Barouk

Barouk (Arabic: باروك‎) is a village in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. Barouk is located 52 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Its average elevation is 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level and its total land area consists of 2,762 hectares.

ghazir church

Ghazir (Arabic: غزير‎) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of 542 hectares (2.09 sq mi).

Roman Baths

The Roman Berytus (Roman Baths) are located in the middle of downtown Beirut, Lebanon between Banks Street and Capuchin Street.

Beirut Art Center

Beirut Art Center is a space for exhibiting contemporary art in Beirut, LebanonBeirut Art Center opened to public in January 2009.

Martyr's Monument

Martyrs' Monument was built to honor the hanging of a cross-confessional group of Lebanese Patriots on May 6, 1916, who had spoken against Turkish rule by Ottoman General Jamal Pasha. It is located at what is now known as Martyrs' Square in the heart of downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral (consecrated 1764, Arabic: كاتدرائية القديس جاورجيوس للروم الارثوذكس‎) is the seat of the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and its dependencies.

Tyre Coast Nature Reserve

Tyre Coast Nature Reserve to the southeast of Tyre, Lebanon covers over 380 hectares (940 acres) and is divided into three zones: the tourism zone (public beaches, the old city and Souks, the ancient port), the agricultural and archaeological zone, and the Conservation zone that includes the Phoenic…