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  • Monastery of Our Lady of the Fortress

  • Monastery of Our Lady of the Fortress

    Monastery of Our Lady of the Fortress (Deir Saydet El Kalaa) is a Maronite monastery located in the village of Menjez in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The monastery was originally built in 1128 AD during the Crusades period and was later destroyed in the Mamluk era and was rebuilt several times, most recently in the nineteenth century AD.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Historical monuments and natural sites of the village of Menjez.
    UNESCO Tentative List
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    Monastery of Our Lady of the Fortress

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2019

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    Churches and Monasteries

    Location

    Lebanon

    Akkar Governorate

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    12th Century AD

    Crusaders

    Christian

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    Christian Monuments

     

     

     

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