Ouâdi el Matarîyé
Ouâdi el Matarîyé is a wadi in South Governorate, Lebanon. Ouâdi el Matarîyé is situated nearby to the locality Khirbat ‘Ayn al Qanāţir, as well as near Mighrāqah.Places of Interest
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burj Rahal and Kharayeb.
Burj Rahal
Village
Photo: Micheal Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 3½ km southeast of Ouâdi el Matarîyé.
Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Kharayeb is situated 4 km east of Ouâdi el Matarîyé.
Bedias
Village
Bedias, Bidias, is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Bedias is situated 5 km southeast of Ouâdi el Matarîyé.
Ouâdi el Matarîyé
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Ouadi el Matariye” and “Wādī al Maţarīyah”
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.33778° or 33° 20′ 16″ northLongitude
35.2575° or 35° 15′ 27″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8G5Q87Q4+4XGeoNames ID
270861
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In Other Languages
“Ouâdi el Matarîyé” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي المطرية”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Khirbat ‘Ayn al Qanāţir and Mighrāqah.
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