Balamand Monastery
The Balamand Monastery, is a monastery for the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch founded in 1157 in Balamand, the Crusader County of Tripoli, now in the Koura District, in Northern Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Cistercian monastery 1157-1289
- Also known as: “Al Balmand”, “Balmand”, “Belmand”, “Belmont”, “Dayr al Balmand”, “Deir Balamand”, “Deir el Balmand”, and “Deïr el Balmand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Enfeh and Bdebba.
Enfeh
Town
Photo: Canaïma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anfeh, also spelled Enfe, Enfeh or Anfe, is a resort town in the Koura District of the North Governorate of Lebanon. Anfeh borders the towns of Chekka, Al-Qalamoun, Barghoun and Zakroun. Enfeh is situated 4½ km west of Balamand Monastery.
Bdebba
Village
Photo: Infomasterram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bdebba is a village in Koura District of Lebanon. It has a Maronite and Greek Orthodox population. Bdebba is situated 4½ km southeast of Balamand Monastery.
Barsa
Village
Barsa is a village in the Koura District of the North Governorate of Lebanon. It has a Maronite and Greek Orthodox population. It has one of the most Cryptocurrency miners in Koura District. Barsa is situated 5 km northeast of Balamand Monastery.
Balamand Monastery
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.3683° or 34° 22′ 6″ northLongitude
35.77984° or 35° 46′ 47″ eastElevation
303 metres (994 feet)Open location code
8G6Q9Q9H+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 551734151OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Balamand Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلمند”
- Arabic: “دير البلمند”
- Arabic: “دير سيدة البلمند البطريركي”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير البلمند”
- French: “Monastere Notre-Dame de Balamand”
- French: “monastère Notre-Dame de Balamand”
- French: “Monastère notre-dame de balamand”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame de Balamand”
- French: “Monastère Notre-Dame De Balamand”
- German: “Kloster Balamand”
- Italian: “Monastero di Balamand”
- Japanese: “バラマンド修道院”
- Japanese: “バラマンド我等の女宰修道院”
- Polish: “Balamand (klasztor)”
- Polish: “Balamand”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea Balamand”
- Russian: “Баламанд”
- Russian: “Баламандский монастырь”
- Russian: “Монастырь Баламанд”
- Serbian: “Баламандски манастир”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Balamand”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Balamand”
- Ukrainian: “Баламандський монастир”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balamand Monastery”. Photo: Hector Abouid, CC BY 2.0.