Mrâh el Mahdoûmé
Mrâh el Mahdoûmé is a ruin in South Governorate, Lebanon. Mrâh el Mahdoûmé is situated nearby to the archaeological site Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb, as well as near the village Al-Kharayeb.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb and Leontes Bridge.
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. Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is situated 120 metres west of Mrâh el Mahdoûmé.
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. Leontes Bridge is situated 3 km west of Mrâh el Mahdoûmé.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.
Al-Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-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.
Burj Rahal
Village
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 4 km south of Mrâh el Mahdoûmé.
Bedias
Village
Bedias, Bidias, is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Bedias is situated 4 km southeast of Mrâh el Mahdoûmé.
Mrâh el Mahdoûmé
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Marāḩ al Mahdūmah” and “Mrah el Mahdoume”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.34583° or 33° 20′ 45″ northLongitude
35.2825° or 35° 16′ 57″ eastElevation
143 metres (469 feet)Open location code
8G5Q87WJ+8XGeoNames ID
271555
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In Other Languages
“Mrâh el Mahdoûmé” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مراح المهدومة”
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