Mar Elias Church
Mar Elias Church is a church in South Governorate, Lebanon. Mar Elias Church is situated nearby to the village Hlaliyeh Saida, as well as near Miye ou Miye.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sidon Land Castle and Sidon Soap Museum.
Sidon Land Castle
Castle
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The Castle of Saint Louis, also known as Qalaat al Muizz or the Land Castle, is a ruined castle in Sidon, Lebanon. It was built in 1254 by French crusaders on the site of an earlier Fatimid fortress, and was altered a number of times until the 17th century. Sidon Land Castle is situated 2 km west of Mar Elias Church.
Sidon Soap Museum
Museum
Photo: BlingBling10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Soap Museum is a museum based in a historic soap factory in Sidon, Lebanon specialized in Levantine soaps. It opened in November 2000 and is managed by the Audi Foundation. Sidon Soap Museum is situated 2 km northwest of Mar Elias Church.
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon
Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon is a diocese of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church suffragan of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tyre. Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Sidon is situated 2 km northwest of Mar Elias Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hlaliyeh Saida and Sidon.
Hlaliyeh Saida
Village
Al-Helaliyah, also spelled Hilalieh, is a municipality of Sidon in Lebanon. It is located 43 kilometres from Beirut.
Sidon
Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sidon is a city in Lebanon. The people are largely Sunni Muslims. The main attraction of Sidon is its Sea Castle, built by the Crusaders in the 13th century.
Miye ou Miye
Village
Photo: Philbous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miye ou Miye is a municipality in southern Lebanon located 5 km East of Sidon and 45 km south of the capital Beirut and it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
Mar Elias Church
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Mar Elias”, “Mâr Eliâs”, and “Mār Ilyās”
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.55622° or 33° 33′ 22″ northLongitude
35.38879° or 35° 23′ 20″ eastElevation
126 metres (413 feet)Open location code
8G5QH94Q+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1444813463OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchGeoNames ID
271374
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In Other Languages
“Mar Elias Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مار إلياس”
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