Deïr ech Chir
Deïr ech Chir is a monastery in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Deïr ech Chir is situated nearby to the village Bdadoun, as well as near Houmal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silk Museum and Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour.
Silk Museum
Museum
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Bsous Silk Museum is a silk museum in the town of Bsous near Wadi Chahrour in Lebanon, located around 15 kilometres east of Beirut. Silk Museum is situated 2 km north of Deïr ech Chir.
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
School
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour often known colloquially as Jamhour, is a private, Catholic, co-educational, primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour is situated 3½ km north of Deïr ech Chir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bdadoun and Houmal.
Bdadoun
Village
Bdadoun, is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the Lebanese district of Aley. It has an estimated population of 3,000.
Houmal
Village
Houmal is a town in Mount Lebanon which makes up one of the 70 towns and villages in the district of Aley. It is 400 meters above sea level and 25 kilometres from the capital Beirut.
Kfarshima
Town
Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfarshima, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, southeast of Beirut and is part of Greater Beirut. Kfarshima is situated 4 km northwest of Deïr ech Chir.
Deïr ech Chir
- Type: Monastery
- Also known as: “Dayr ash Shīr” and “Deir ech Chir”
- Category: religion
- Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.8° or 33° 48′ northLongitude
35.57333° or 35° 34′ 24″ eastElevation
686 metres (2,251 feet)Open location code
8G5QQHXF+X8GeoNames ID
6273829
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In Other Languages
“Deïr ech Chir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الشير”
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