Bsharri
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 20,000 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Basharrī”, “Bcharreh”, “Bcharrī”, “Becharre”, “Becharri”, “Besherri”, “Bsharrī”, and “Bsherri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gibran Museum and Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest.
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.
Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest
Evergreen forest
Photo: BlingBling10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cedars of God is a forest in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon. It is a vestige of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in antiquity. Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest is situated 3½ km east of Bsharri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bekaa Kafra and Hasroun.
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.
Hasroun
Village
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. Hasroun is situated 3 km west of Bsharri.
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 5 km northwest of Bsharri.
Bsharri
- Categories: municipality of Lebanon, human settlement, and locality
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.25072° or 34° 15′ 3″ northLongitude
36.00999° or 36° 0′ 36″ eastPopulation
20,000Elevation
1,442 metres (4,731 feet)Open location code
8G6R7225+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2337736413OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
276359Wikidata ID
Q181167
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Bsharri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بشري”
- Armenian: “Բիշարի”
- Asturian: “Bsharri”
- Azerbaijani: “Bişari”
- Bulgarian: “Бшарре”
- Catalan: “Bsharra”
- Cebuano: “Bcharré”
- Chinese: “卜舍里”
- Croatian: “Bšari”
- Czech: “Bšarré”
- Dutch: “Bsharri”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بشرى”
- Finnish: “Bécharré”
- French: “Bcharré”
- French: “Bécharré”
- French: “Bsharri”
- Galician: “Bxari”
- Georgian: “ბიშარი”
- German: “Bcharre”
- German: “Bcharré”
- German: “Bischarri”
- Greek: “Μπσαρί”
- Hebrew: “בשרי”
- Hungarian: “Bisárrí”
- Irish: “Bsharri”
- Italian: “Bcharré”
- Italian: “Bsharre”
- Japanese: “ブシャッレ”
- Kurdish: “Bişerî”
- Lithuanian: “Bešaris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bsharri”
- Pampanga: “Bsharri”
- Persian: “بشری”
- Polish: “Baszarri”
- Romanian: “Bsharri”
- Russian: “Башарри”
- Russian: “Бишари”
- Scots: “Bsharri”
- Slovenian: “Bšari”
- Spanish: “Bisharri”
- Swedish: “Bcharré”
- Turkish: “Bişerri”
- Ukrainian: “Бішарі”
- Western Armenian: “Պշարի”
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