Jeita Grotto
Jeita Grotto is a building in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Jeita Grotto is situated nearby to the cave Lower Grotto, as well as near the village Ain el-Rihaneh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lower Grotto and Bkerké.
Lower Grotto
Cave
The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb river valley within the locality of Jeita, 18 kilometres north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. Lower Grotto is situated 210 metres east of Jeita Grotto.
Bkerké
Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bkerké is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, located 350 m above the bay of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut, in Lebanon. Bkerké is situated 3 km north of Jeita Grotto.
Marist College Champville
College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, Matn District, Lebanon. Marist College Champville is situated 2½ km west of Jeita Grotto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jeita and Ain el-Rihaneh.
Jeita
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeita is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 20 kilometres north of Beirut.
Ain el-Rihaneh
Village
Ain el-Rihaneh is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The town is about 21 kilometres north of Beirut.
Sehaile
Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 25 kilometers north of Beirut. Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares.
Jeita Grotto
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Grotte de Jiîta”, “Maghārat J‘ītā”, and “Mughārat Ji‘ītā”
- Categories: building and tourism
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.94339° or 33° 56′ 36″ northLongitude
35.64187° or 35° 38′ 31″ eastElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
8G5QWJVR+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 264587570OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
273293
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Jeita Grotto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
- French: “Grotte de Jiita”
- German: “Jeita-Grotte”
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