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Deir Mar Maroun
Deir Mar Maroun
Deir Mar Maroun, also known as Monastery of Mar Maroun, Cave of the monks, is an ancient cavern carved out of solid rock in the side of a cliff, located south of Hermel in the Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.
Site Information
Country: Lebanon
District: Beqaa Governorate
Site History: 4th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Byzantine
Later Cultures: Christian
Site Features: Byzantine Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: All the natural site of the sources and the Valley of the Orontes with the monuments found there
Date of Submission: 1996
Exact Location
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