Qasimiya Bridge
Qasimiya Bridge is a bridge in South Governorate, Lebanon. Qasimiya Bridge is situated nearby to the ruins Leontes Bridge, as well as near the village Burj Rahal.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leontes Bridge and Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.
Leontes Bridge
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Leontes Bridge is a ruined Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crossed the Litani River in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre. The bridge, which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD, featured a comparatively flat arch with a span-to-rise ratio of 3.1 to 1. Leontes Bridge is situated 120 metres west of Qasimiya Bridge.
Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb
Archaeological site
The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is a historic temple in the hinterland of Tyre, Southern Lebanon, that was excavated in three stages. In 1946, Maurice Chehab, head of Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities, led the first mission that revealed a Hellenistic period temple and thousands of clay figurines dating from the sixth-to-first centuries BC. Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is situated 3 km east of Qasimiya Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burj Rahal and Al-Kharayeb.
Burj Rahal
Village
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 4 km southeast of Qasimiya Bridge.
Al-Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Kharayeb is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is 77 km south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of 190 m above sea level. Al-Kharayeb is situated 4½ km east of Qasimiya Bridge.
Bedias
Village
Bedias, Bidias, is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Bedias is situated 5 km southeast of Qasimiya Bridge.
Qasimiya Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Also known as: “Jisr al Qasimiyah”, “Jisr al Qāsimīyah”, and “Jisr el Qâsmîyé”
- Category: transportation
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.33937° or 33° 20′ 22″ northLongitude
35.25203° or 35° 15′ 7″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8G5Q87Q2+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 972605186OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
269239
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Qasimiya Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر القاسمية”
- French: “Jisr el Qasmiye”
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