Zouk Mosbeh

Zouk Mosbeh is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 12 kilometers north of Beirut.

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Type: Town
Description: human settlement
Also known as: “Dhūq Muşbiḩ”, “Zouq Mosbeh”, “Zūq Muşbiḩ”, and “زرق مصبح”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lower Grotto and Bkerké.

Lower Grotto

Cave

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The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Lower Grotto is situated 3 km southeast of Zouk Mosbeh.

Bkerké

Monastery

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Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 350 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon.

Marist College Champville

College

The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, Matn District, Lebanon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zouk Mikael and Jounieh.

Zouk Mikael

Town

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Zouk Mikael is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.