Matariyet el Choumar
Matariyet el Choumar is a village in South Governorate, Lebanon. Matariyet el Choumar is situated nearby to the village Arzai, as well as near Al-Kharayeb.Places of Interest
Highlights include Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb and Leontes Bridge.
Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb
Archaeological site
The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is a historic temple in the hinterland of Tyre, Southern Lebanon, that was excavated in three stages. In 1946, Maurice Chehab, head of Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities, led the first mission that revealed a Hellenistic period temple and thousands of clay figurines dating from the sixth-to-first centuries BC.
Leontes Bridge
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Leontes Bridge is a ruined Roman bridge in Lebanon; it crossed the Litani River in the vicinity of Nahr Abou Assouad, 10 km north of Tyre. The bridge, which is dated to the 3rd or 4th century AD, featured a comparatively flat arch with a span-to-rise ratio of 3.1 to 1. Leontes Bridge is situated 3 km west of Matariyet el Choumar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Kharayeb and Burj Rahal.
Al-Kharayeb
Village
Photo: HusseinHijazy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Kharayeb is a historic municipality in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is 77 km south of Beirut, and stands at an average altitude of 190 m above sea level.
Burj Rahal
Village
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Burj Rahal is situated 3 km south of Matariyet el Choumar.
Bedias
Village
Bedias, Bidias, is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon. Bedias is situated 3½ km southeast of Matariyet el Choumar.
Matariyet el Choumar
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Matariyet Ech Choumar”
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon and locality
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.33879° or 33° 20′ 20″ northLongitude
35.28221° or 35° 16′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G5Q87QJ+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13788942703OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q12243612
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In Other Languages
“Matariyet el Choumar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطرية الشومر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arzai and Kfar Beda.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Qasimiya Bridge and Khirbet al-Mahalib.
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