Deïr el Qalaa
Deïr el Qalaa is a monastery in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Deïr el Qalaa is situated nearby to the town Ain Saadeh, as well as near Beit Mery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bellevue Medical Center and Hope for Peace.
Bellevue Medical Center
Hospital
Bellevue Medical Center founded in July 2009, is a community hospital located in Mansourieh, Lebanon. It offers healthcare services in many specialties. Bellevue Medical Center is situated 3½ km west of Deïr el Qalaa.
Hope for Peace
Monument
The Hope for Peace Monument is a monument in Yarze, Lebanon, made to celebrate the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. It was designed by the French-born American artist Armand Fernandez. Hope for Peace is situated 4 km southwest of Deïr el Qalaa.
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
School
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour often known colloquially as Jamhour, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is situated 4 km southwest of Deïr el Qalaa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ain Saadeh and Beit Mery.
Ain Saadeh
Town
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world.
Beit Mery
Town
Photo: Buthaina Al-Othman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beit Mery is a Lebanese town overlooking the capital Beirut. The town has been a summer mountain resort since the times of the Phoenicians and later the Romans.
Abadiyeh
Village
Abadiyeh is a municipality in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It is located 16 kilometers east of Beirut. There is one main public highschool in the town, which had more than 500 pupils in 2019. Abadiyeh is situated 3 km southeast of Deïr el Qalaa.
Deïr el Qalaa
- Type: Monastery
- Also known as: “Dayr al Qal‘ah” and “Deir el Qalaa”
- Category: religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.855° or 33° 51′ 18″ northLongitude
35.59694° or 35° 35′ 49″ eastElevation
727 metres (2,385 feet)Open location code
8G5QVH3W+XQGeoNames ID
269612
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In Other Languages
“Deïr el Qalaa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير القلعة”
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