Hasroun

Hasroun is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Lebanon
Also known as: “Ḩaşrūn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gibran Museum and Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha.

Gibran Museum

Museum

Photo: Xtcrider, Public domain.

The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres from Beirut. It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran. Gibran Museum is situated 3½ km east of Hasroun.

Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha

Place of worship

Qannoubine is a medieval monastery located within the Qannoubine region of the Kadisha Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon. Monastery of our Lady of Qannoubine Qadisha is situated 3½ km northwest of Hasroun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bekaa Kafra and Bsharri.

Bekaa Kafra

Village

Photo: Potatoes8895, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bekaa Kafra is a Lebanese village located in the Bsharri District in Northern Lebanon. Bekaa Kafra is located above the village of Bsharri across the Kadisha Valley.

Bsharri

Town

Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.

Bsharri is a Lebanese town located in the district of the same name, North Governorate, situated at altitudes between 1,100 m and 3,088 m. Bsharri is the location of the Cedars of God, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only remaining place where the Cedrus libani tree grows natively. Bsharri is situated 3 km east of Hasroun.

Kfarsghab

Village

Photo: Yellaban, Public domain.

Kfarsghab is a village located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, which is considered a holy and spiritual place in Eastern Christianity. Kfarsghab is situated 4½ km north of Hasroun.

Hasroun

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.24111° or 34° 14′ 28″ north

Longitude

35.98126° or 35° 58′ 53″ east

Elevation

1,377 metres (4,518 feet)

Open location code

8G6Q6XRJ+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5715710480

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

274304

Wikidata ID

Q4119045

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Hasroun” goes by many names.

Arabic: “حصرون”
Cebuano: “Hasroûn”
Dutch: “Hasroun”
Egyptian Arabic: “حصرون”
French: “Hasroun”
German: “Hasroun”
Irish: “Hasroun”
Italian: “Hasroun”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hasroun”
Persian: “حصرون”
Spanish: “Hasroun”
Swedish: “Hasroûn”
Turkish: “Hasrun”

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Notable Places Nearby

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