Serraaine El Faouqa
Saraain El Faouqa is a village located 6 kilometres northeast of Rayak in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. Most of its inhabitants Shia Muslims and a minority are Maronites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: Roman temple in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Saraain El Faouqa”, “Serrain Fawka”, and “temple of Saraain El Faouqa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include an-Nabī Shayth and Khreibeh.
an-Nabī Shayth
Village
Photo: Baalbek1371, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Nabi Shayth is a village in eastern Lebanon, located in the Beqaa Valley and Baalbek District. The village's name comes from the considered burial-site of Seth the son of Adam.
Khreibeh
Village
Khreibeh is a village in eastern Lebanon located in the Baalbek District in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. Khreibeh is situated 7 km east of Serraaine El Faouqa.
Brital
Village
Brital is a village located in the Baalbek District of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in Lebanon. Brital is situated 8 km northeast of Serraaine El Faouqa.
Serraaine El Faouqa
- Categories: Roman temple, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.87804° or 33° 52′ 41″ northLongitude
36.09272° or 36° 5′ 34″ eastElevation
1,104 metres (3,622 feet)Open location code
8G5RV3HV+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 5580845402OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Serraaine El Faouqa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سرعين الفوقا”
- French: “Saraain El Faouqa”
- French: “temple de Saraain El Faouqa”
- Hebrew: “מקדש סרעין אל-פוקא”
- Hebrew: “סרעין אל-פוקא”
- Italian: “Seriine el Fawka”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saraain El Faouqa”
- Persian: “سرعین الفوقا”
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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 “Serraaine El Faouqa”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.0.