Mar Zakhia
Mar Zakhia is a church in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Mar Zakhia is situated nearby to the town Halat, as well as near the village Blat.- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Mâr Zakhîa” and “Mār Zakhyā”
- Address: الفيدار
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memory of Time and Wax Museum.
Memory of Time
Museum
Photo: william, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Byblos Fossil Museum is a museum in Byblos, Lebanon. This museum contains fossil collections of sharks, eels, shrimps, squids, rays, coelacanthes and flying fish. Memory of Time is situated 2½ km north of Mar Zakhia.
Wax Museum
Museum
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Byblos Wax Museum is a wax museum in Byblos, Lebanon. It displays wax statues and life scenes from the Phoenician era to the modern times. Wax Museum is situated 2½ km north of Mar Zakhia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halat and Blat.
Halat
Town
Halat is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is located along the Mediterranean coast, 32 kilometers north of Beirut.
Blat
Village
Blat is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. It is a suburb of Byblos and is 40 kilometers north of Beirut. Blat has an average elevation of 190 meters above sea level and a total land area of 683 hectares. Blat is situated 2½ km northeast of Mar Zakhia.
Byblos
Photo: Karimsaad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Byblos, also known by its Arabic name of Jbeil, is an ancient Phoenician city located about 35 kilometers north of the capital Beirut in modern day Lebanon. The city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a popular daytrip from the capital.
Mar Zakhia
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.0977° or 34° 5′ 52″ northLongitude
35.65011° or 35° 39′ 0″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8G6Q3MX2+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 740766137OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchGeoNames ID
271046
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Mar Zakhia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مار زخيا”
- French: “Mar Zakhia”
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