Aintourine
Aintourine, known also as Ain Tourine, `Aynturin, `Intawrin or Amtourine, is a village located in the Zgharta District, in the North Governorate of Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Ayn Fawrayn”, “‘Aynţūrīn”, “`Intawrin”, “Aaintourine”, “Aaïntoûrîne”, “Aïn Toûrîne”, and “Am Toûrîne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya and Mar Sarkis, Ehden.
Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya
Monastery
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Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya, or Monastery of Qozhaya is a large and important Maronite monastery. It is located in the Zgharta District in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
Mar Sarkis, Ehden
Monastery
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In Ehden, Lebanon, Mar Sarkis is a monastery of the Antonins. It is located in the Zgharta District of the North Governorate, in the Qozhaya valley. It overlooks Ehden, Kfarsghab, Bane and Hadath El Jebbeh. Mar Sarkis, Ehden is situated 2½ km east of Aintourine.
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 3 km south of Aintourine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfarsghab and Bane.
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.
Bane
Village
Photo: Yellaban, Public domain.
Bane is a Maronite Christian village located in the Bsharri District,in the North Governorate of Lebanon.
Ehden
Town
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ehden is a mountainous city in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal in the Mount Lebanon Range. Its residents are the people of Zgharta, as it is within the Zgharta District.
Aintourine
- Category: human settlement
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Aintourine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عينطورين”
- Dutch: “Aintourine”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عينطورين”
- Irish: “Aintourine”
- Italian: “Aintourine”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aintourine”
- Persian: “عینطورین”
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