Jeita Grotto
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves 18 km north of Beirut
- Also known as: “J‘eeta”, “J‘ītā”, “Jaaita”, “Ji‘ītā”, “Jiita”, and “Jiîta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bkerké and Marist College Champville.
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.
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 3½ km southwest 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
- Category: show cave
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Jeita Grotto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جعيتا”
- Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
- Armenian: “Ջաայթա քարանձավ”
- Armenian: “Ջեյտա քարանձավ”
- Catalan: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Chinese: “吉塔洞穴”
- Chinese: “杰塔石窟”
- Czech: “Džajta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
- French: “grotte de Jeita”
- French: “Grotte de Jeita”
- German: “Jeita-Grotte”
- Gujarati: “જેઇટા ગ્રોટો”
- Hebrew: “מערת ג’עיתא”
- Indonesian: “Jeita grotto”
- Japanese: “ジェイタ洞窟”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeitagrotta”
- Persian: “غار جعیتا”
- Polish: “Grotte de Jeita”
- Portuguese: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Russian: “Джейта”
- Russian: “Пещеры Джейта”
- Slovenian: “Džeita”
- Slovenian: “Jama Džeita”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Jeita”
- Swedish: “Jeitagrottan”
- Turkish: “Ceyta Mağarası”
- Turkish: “Jeita Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Джейта”
- Urdu: “غار جعیتا”
- Vietnamese: “Hang động Jeita”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jeita Grotto”
- Western Armenian: “Ժեհիթայի Քարանձաւ”
- Western Armenian: “Ճէյթա քարանձաւ”
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