Deïr el Qorqfi
Deïr el Qorqfi is a monastery in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Deïr el Qorqfi is situated nearby to the town Kfarshima, as well as near the village Choueifat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silk Museum and Embassy of Indonesia.
Silk Museum
Museum
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Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut. Silk Museum is situated 3½ km east of Deïr el Qorqfi.
Embassy of Indonesia
Government office
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The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Lebanon. The first Indonesian ambassador to Lebanon was Dalindra Aman in 1996. Embassy of Indonesia is situated 3½ km north of Deïr el Qorqfi.
Embassy of the Philippines
Government office
The Embassy of the Philippines in Beirut is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Republic of Lebanon. Opened in 1996, it is currently located at the W Building on Rue Mar Geries in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadeth, part of the Baabda District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate. Embassy of the Philippines is situated 3½ km north of Deïr el Qorqfi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfarshima and Choueifat.
Kfarshima
Town
Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut.
Choueifat
Village
Choueifat is one of the biggest and most important cities south of Beirut in Lebanon. The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found Choueifat a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as Dahieh.
Houmal
Village
Houmal is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the district of Aley. It is 400 meters above sea level and 25 kilometres from the capital Beirut.
Deïr el Qorqfi
- Type: Monastery
- Also known as: “Dayr al Qarqaf”, “Dayr al Qarqafah”, and “Deir el Qorqfi”
- Category: religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.81361° or 33° 48′ 49″ northLongitude
35.53444° or 35° 32′ 4″ eastElevation
175 metres (574 feet)Open location code
8G5QRG7M+CQGeoNames ID
269287
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In Other Languages
“Deïr el Qorqfi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير القرقف”
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