Qaraoun is a Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Rashaya District south of the Beqaa Governorate. The village lies …
Kamid al lawz (or Kamid el-Loz) is located in West Bekaa, Lebanon.
Horsh Ehden is a Nature Reserve located in North Lebanon, it contains a particularly diverse and beautiful remnant forest of the cedar of Lebanon, making the reserve a very important part of the country’s cultural and natural heritage. Located on th…
Bteghrine (Arabic: بتغرين, also spelled Bteghrin and Btighrin) is a municipality in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.
Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, Lebanon. Built in the mid-1970s and named Pierre Gemayel International Airport by the Kataeb Regulatory Forces to honor the late Pierre Gemayel. The airport was neve…
The Port of Tripoli (Arabic: مرفأ طرابلس) is the 2nd major port in Lebanon.
Jaj is a small mountainous village in the Jbeil, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. It is home to many families many of whom come up primarily on weekends.
Douma is a Lebanese village located at an altitude of 1000 m. It is 80 km from Beirut, 30 km from Jbeil and 43 km from Tripoli. Douma is a part of Batroun District and is known for its special location in a valley surrounded by mountains. Almost all…
Beit Chabab (Syriac: Bet Shebāba, Arabic: بيت شباب) pronounced "Beit Chabéb" is a mountain village 24 km north of Beirut in Lebanon.
Riyaq (Arabic: رياق), also Rayak, is a Lebanese town in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate), near the city of Zahlé. It has one military airport, an old train station on the former line from Beirut to Damascus, and a hospital. Riyaq Air Base was bomb…
Moukhtara is a small town in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.
Mahrouna (in Arabic: محرونة، محرونا) is a small agribusiness town located in the south of Lebanon.
Kfarshima (also spelled Kfarchima) is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is populated by Lebanese Christians: mainly Melkite Greek Catholic and Maronites, with …
Joun (also Joon, Djoun, in Arabic جون, in Phoenician ) is a Lebanese village sitting on seven hills in the Chouf (in Arabic قضاء الشوف) district of Mount Lebanon at a distant 13 kilometers from the city of Sidon.
Chtaura is a town in Lebanon in the fertile Beqaa valley located between the Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. It is located halfway on the Beirut - Damascus highway.
American University of Technology (AUT), is a private university established in Lebanon. It was founded in 1998 by Ghada Hinain near Byblos.
Wavel (Arabic: وافل) is a Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Baalbeck in Lebanon. It was originally a French army barrack, but in 1948 refugees from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war found shelter there.
Saida International Stadium (Arabic: إستاد صيدا الدولي) is a 22,600 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Saida (Sidon, Zidon), Lebanon. The stadium was built on the expanded grounds of the old Saida Municipal Stadium, as one of the venues to host matc…
The Mseilha Fort (Arabic: قلعة المسيلحة) also known as "Puy du Connétable" is a medieval fortification situated north of the city of Batroun in Lebanon. The current fort was built by Emir Fakhreddine II in the 17th century to guard the route from T…
Khiam (Arabic الخيام; sometimes spelled Khiyam) is a large town in the South Lebanon Governorate of Southern Lebanon.
Iaat (Arabic: إيعات also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town and municipality located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon mostly famous for its Corinthian column. The column stands at 18 meters (59.1 feet) it is installed on a 4-step…
Chiyah (in Arabic الشياح pronounced Ach-Chayyah) is situated in the west region of the Lebanese capital of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Chiyah is located in the south-west suburbs of the capital Beirut, bordered by Haret-Hreik, Ghobeiry, Ha…
The Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (commonly BIEL) is a large multi-purpose facility, in downtown Beirut. Lebanon's largest such complex, it hosts exhibitions (Beirut Book Fair), conferences, concerts and private events. It opened …
Beirut Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة بيروت الجوية Kaidat Bayrut al-jawiya) is a military base owned by the Lebanese Armed Forces and operated by the Lebanese Air Force. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from the city center in the southern suburbs of Beirut, L…
Bchamoun is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It has an elevation between 40m and 580m above sea level, 12 km from airport and Beirut (10 minutes by car).
Ain Dara is a village about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Beirut, in the governorate of Mount Lebanon, in the Aley District. Ain Dara Municipality has an area of 2,586 hectares (9.98 sq mi), with a population of approximately 8000 persons (1700 emigran…
Mish Mish (Arabic: مشمش), also spelled Michmich , is a village located in the Akkar district in North Governorate of Lebanon. Mish Mish is situated 1100 metres above sea level in the mountainous terrain of the north.
Maghdouché (also Maghdouche, Maghdoucheh or Maghdousheh) is a town in the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 50 km south of Beirut and 8 km southeast of Sidon.
Jbaa, (in Arabic: جباع), is a town in the Nabatieh Governorate, or Nabatiye southern Lebanon.
Hazmiyeh (also Romanized as Hazmiyé, Hazmie, Hasmiyeh, Al Ḩāzimīyah, and El Hâzmîyé) is a town in Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, and a suburb of Beirut, part of Greater Beirut.
The Deir el Qamar Synagogue, located in Deir el Qamar, a village in south-central Lebanon, is the oldest synagogue in Mount Lebanon. The synagogue was built in the 17th century to serve the local Jewish population, some of whom were part of the imme…
The Collège des Frères Maristes Champville is a private French-language, Marist catholic educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, El Metn, Lebanon, which teaches all scholar levels. It is one of the educational institutions in Lebanon, and one o…
Beirut Municipal Stadium (Arabic: ملعب بيروت البلدي) is an 18,000 capacity multi-purpose stadium in Beirut, Lebanon.
The Basilian Salvatorian Order is a religious order of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The Latin name of this order is Ordo Basilianus Sanctissimi Salvatoris, the French name is Ordre Basilien Salvatorien. The name cames from its motherhouse, the…
The Balamand Monastery (historically called Belmont, Bellimontis ultra Mare or Bellus-Mons), is an Antiochian Orthodox monastery founded in 1157 in Balamand, Koura District, in Northern Lebanon.
Aramoun is a village in Aley District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.