Qornet el Hamra
Qornet el Hamra is a locality in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Qornet el Hamra is situated nearby to the locality El Fraïké, as well as near Ej Joûra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lower Grotto and Marist College Champville.
Lower Grotto
Cave
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.
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. Marist College Champville is situated 3 km west of Qornet el Hamra.
Bkerké
Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Bkerké is situated 4 km north of Qornet el Hamra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeita and Ain el-Rihaneh.
Jeita
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeita is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres north of Beirut.
Ain el-Rihaneh
Village
Ain el-Rihaneh is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 21 kilometres north of Beirut. Ain el-Rihaneh is situated 3 km north of Qornet el Hamra.
Sehaile
Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 25 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares. Sehaile is situated 3 km north of Qornet el Hamra.
Qornet el Hamra
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Qurnah al Ḩamrā’”, “Qurnat al Ḩamrā”, and “Qurnat al Ḩamrā’”
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.93472° or 33° 56′ 5″ northLongitude
35.64917° or 35° 38′ 57″ eastElevation
472 metres (1,549 feet)Open location code
8G5QWJMX+VMGeoNames ID
268951
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In Other Languages
“Qornet el Hamra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرنة الحمرا”
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