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Lebanon

Traditions present: Catholicism, Islam, Ancestor Veneration

Five places written in Lebanon. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

Places
5
written
Traditions
3
present
Regions
4
regions, cities
English
5
pages translated
Kadisha Valley · Bắc Liban · CatholicismShrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, Harissa · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate · CatholicismMohammad Al-Amin Mosque, Beirut · Beirut Governorate · IslamTemples of Baalbek · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate · Ancestor VenerationMonastery of Saint Maron, Annaya · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate · CatholicismLEBANONN

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Catholicism · Bắc Liban · Thế kỷ 4 (tu viện Qozhaya theo truyền thống), xưởng in thánh vịnh năm 1610Kadisha ValleyKadisha Valley, Ouadi Qadisha, Wadi Qadisha, Thung lũng Thánh, وادي قاديشا, Monastery of Qozhaya, Deir Mar Antonios Qozhaya, دير مار أنطونيوس قزحيا, tu viện Thánh Antôn Qozhaya

The Holy Valley of northern Lebanon, one of the earliest and most important monastic settlements of Christian antiquity and the spiritual heartland of the Maronite Church, inscribed alongside the Forest of the Cedars of God as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. Inside the valley stands the Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, birthplace of the first book printed in the Arab world, the bilingual Qozhaya Psalter of 1610.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ouadi Qadisha, the Holy Valley, and the Forest of the Cedars of God, 1998)Tu viện Mar Antonios Qozhaya, thung lũng Qozhaya (nhánh của thung lũng Qadisha), huyện Zgharta, Bắc Liban

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Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate · Khởi xướng năm 1904 bởi Thượng phụ Maronite Elias Peter Hoayek và Sứ thần Tòa Thánh Carlos Duval nhân kỷ niệm 50 năm tín điều Đức Mẹ Vô Nhiễm Nguyên Tội; khánh thành pho tượng đồng trắng nặng 15 tấn trên tháp đá xoắn ốc ngày 3 tháng 5 năm 1908; xây dựng Vương cung thánh đường hiện đại từ năm 1970 tới năm 1992 theo thiết kế của Pierre el-Khoury và Noel Abouhamad; đón Giáo hoàng Gioan Phaolô II năm 1997 và Giáo hoàng Biển Đức XVI năm 2012Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, HarissaSayyidat Lubnan, Notre-Dame du Liban de Harissa, National Marian Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa

Lebanon's National Marian Shrine crowning the pine-clad rocky promontory of Harissa at 650 meters above Jounieh Bay and the Mediterranean Sea, inaugurated on May 3, 1908 by Maronite Patriarch Elias Peter Hoayek with a 15-ton white-painted bronze statue of the Virgin Mary atop a spiral stone pedestal tower, alongside a modern basilica shaped like a Lebanese cedar and a Phoenician vessel.

National Shrine of the Lebanese Republic (under the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, entrusted to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries) and Premier Interfaith Pilgrimage Sanctuary of the LevantHarissa Hilltop (650 meters above Jounieh Bay), Harissa-Daroun, Keserwan District, Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanese Republic

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Islam · Beirut Governorate · Khởi nguồn từ tịnh thất Sufi Zawiyat Abu Nasr do học giả Sheikh Muhammad Abu Nasr al-Yafi lập năm 1853 dưới triều Sultan Ottoman Abdulmejid I; nâng cấp thành thánh đường nhỏ năm 1933; đặt đá móng đại thánh đường mới tháng 11 năm 2002 dưới sự bảo trợ của cố Thủ tướng Rafic Hariri theo thiết kế kết hợp Ottoman và Mamluk của kiến trúc sư Azmi Fakhouri; chính thức khánh thành ngày 17 tháng 10 năm 2008Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, BeirutJami Muhammad al-Amin, Blue Mosque of Beirut, Grand Sunni Congregational Mosque on Martyrs' Square in Beirut

Lebanon's largest Sunni congregational mosque anchoring historic Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, originating as the 1853 Zawiyat Abu Nasr prayer corner and rebuilt on a monumental scale between November 2002 and October 17, 2008 through the patronage of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and the Ottoman-Mamluk design of architect Azmi Fakhouri, celebrated for its ochre limestone walls, 48-meter blue-tiled dome, four 65-meter minarets, and immediate proximity to Saint George Maronite Cathedral.

Largest Sunni Congregational Mosque of the Lebanese Republic (under the authority of Dar al-Fatwa and the Grand Mufti of Lebanon) and Civic Emblem of Interfaith Coexistence on Martyrs' Square in BeirutMartyrs' Square (Sahat al-Shuhada), Beirut Central District, Beirut Governorate, Lebanese Republic

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Ancestor Veneration · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate · Gò cư trú và đền thờ thần Baal thời Canaan - Phoenicia từ thiên niên kỷ thứ 3 trước Công nguyên; đổi tên thành Heliopolis (Thành phố Mặt Trời) thời Hy Lạp hóa năm 334 trước Công nguyên; xây dựng đại quần thể đền thờ La Mã trên bệ đá nguyên khối Trilithon từ thời Hoàng đế Augustus cuối thế kỷ 1 trước Công nguyên tới thời Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus và Caracalla đầu thế kỷ 3 Công nguyên; công nhận Di sản Thế giới UNESCO năm 1984Temples of BaalbekHeliopolis in Coele-Syria, Sanctuary of Heliopolitan Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus, Ancient City of the Sun at Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley

The grandest sanctuary complex of the Roman Empire and the ancient Near East, rising at 1,150 meters in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1984), where a prehistoric Canaanite-Phoenician shrine to Baal-Hadad evolved into Greco-Roman Heliopolis and was crowned between the first century BCE and third century CE with the colossal Temples of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus resting atop the 800-ton megalithic blocks of the Trilithon.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed in 1984, Ref. 294, Criteria i and iv) and Monumental Sanctuary Complex of the Roman Empire and Ancient Near EastBaalbek Archaeological Site (Heliopolis), foot of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in the Beqaa Valley, Baalbek, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanese Republic

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Catholicism · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate · Thành lập đan viện đá năm 1828 bởi các đan sĩ Dòng Maronite Liban (OLM) cùng ngôi ẩn thất Thánh Phêrô và Phaolô trên đỉnh đồi cao 1.350 mét xây từ năm 1798; nơi Thánh Charbel Makhlouf tu sống từ năm 1853, ẩn tu độc cư tại ẩn thất từ năm 1875 tới khi qua đời đêm Giáng Sinh 24 tháng 12 năm 1898; xây dựng nhà thờ đền thánh mới và khánh thành sau lễ tuyên thánh ngày 9 tháng 10 năm 1977Monastery of Saint Maron, AnnayaDeir Mar Maroun Annaya, Sanctuary of Saint Charbel Makhlouf in Annaya, Saint Maron Monastery and Shrine of Saint Charbel at Annaya

A stone mountain monastery of the Lebanese Maronite Order perched at 1,200 meters in the village of Annaya above ancient Byblos, founded in 1828 and renowned worldwide as the shrine and tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf (1828 to 1898), the Maronite priest-monk and hermit who lived forty-five years of austere contemplation here and at the nearby hilltop Hermitage of Saints Peter and Paul before his canonization by Pope Paul VI in 1977.

Historic Monastery of the Lebanese Maronite Order (Baladites) and International Pilgrimage Sanctuary of Saint Charbel Makhlouf (The Wonderworking Hermit Saint of Lebanon)Annaya Mountain Ridge (1,200 meters elevation east of Byblos or Jbeil), Byblos (Jbeil) District, Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanese Republic

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  • 24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
  • 29/09/2026Officially opened the doors of Hall of Myriad Paths to readers worldwide as a living spiritual library that grows every day. On the same day, authored 60 new Stage A sacred place monographs across 60 countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the Balkans, the Gulf, Central Asia, European microstates, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean (including Roskilde Cathedral, Hallgrímskirkja, the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Ostrog Monastery, Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too, Old Orhei, the Temple in the Sea and Ambohimanga), while verifying and publishing 59 openly licensed photographs for the second and third batches.
  • 28/09/2026In the Main Hall, transformed 174 sacred symbols of faiths and branches into raised 3D forms so visitors can select their own tradition before making an offering, alongside a public record of milestones. In the Places section, authored 30 new Stage A monographs across 30 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America (including St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Rila Monastery, Svetitskhoveli, Etchmiadzin, al-Qarawiyyin, the Great Mosque of Djenné, Namugongo and the Basilica of Luján).
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