Riviéra

Riviéra is a locality in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon. Riviéra is situated nearby to the locality Saint Michel, as well as near Saint Simon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rafic Hariri University Hospital and National Museum of Beirut.

Rafic Hariri University Hospital

Hospital

The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest Lebanese public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of Beirut.

National Museum of Beirut

Museum

Photo: Elie plus, Public domain.

The National Museum of Beirut is the principal museum of archaeology in Lebanon. The collection begun after World War I, and the museum was officially opened in 1942. National Museum of Beirut is situated 4 km northeast of Riviéra.

Horsh Beirut

Park

Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.

Horsh Beirut is an urban park in the heart of the capital of Lebanon, Beirut. The urban park is also known as Horsh El Snaubar. The park covers about 0.3 square kilometres of green space within municipal Beirut. Horsh Beirut is situated 3 km northeast of Riviéra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beirut and Dahieh.

Beirut

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. The city is on a relatively small headland jutting into the east Mediterranean.

Dahieh

Suburb

Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dahieh is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a Palestinian refugee camp with 20,000 inhabitants.

Haret Hreik

Village

Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.

Riviéra

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Riviera”
Location: Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.85504° or 33° 51′ 18″ north

Longitude

35.48459° or 35° 29′ 5″ east

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

8G5QVF4M+2R

GeoNames ID

6274919

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