Middle East
Lebanon
Mount Lebanon

Lower Grotto

The Jeita Grotto is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres. The caves are situated in the river valley within the locality of , 18 kilometres north of the capital .
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves 18 km north of Beirut
  • Also known as: “Jeita Grotto” and “Magharet Jeita”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bkerké and Marist College Champville.

Monastery
Photo: J.Hassoun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the episcopal see of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronite Church in , located 350 m above the bay of , northeast of , in Lebanon. is situated 3 km north of Lower Grotto.

College
The Collège Mariste Champville is a private Marist Roman Catholic and French-language educational institution set in Dik El Mehdi, , . is situated 2½ km west of Lower Grotto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jeita and Ain el-Rihaneh.

Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 20 kilometres north of .

Village
is a town and municipality located in the of the of . The town is about 21 kilometres north of .

Village
Sehaileh is a municipality in the of the in . It is located 25 kilometers north of . Its average elevation is 550 meters above sea level and its total land area is 221 hectares.

Lower Grotto

Latitude
33.94391° or 33° 56′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.64411° or 35° 38′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G5QWJVV+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4504613689
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1552568
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Lower Grotto” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
  • Armenian: “Ջաայթա քարանձավ”
  • Armenian: “Ջեյտա քարանձավ”
  • Catalan: “Gruta de Jeita”
  • Chinese: “吉塔洞穴”
  • Chinese: “杰塔石窟”
  • Czech: “Džajta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مغارة جعيتا”
  • French: “grotte de Jeita”
  • French: “Grotte de Jeita”
  • German: “Jeita-Grotte”
  • Gujarati: “જેઇટા ગ્રોટો”
  • Hebrew: “מערת ג’עיתא”
  • Indonesian: “Jeita grotto”
  • Japanese: “ジェイタ洞窟”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeitagrotta”
  • Persian: “غار جعیتا”
  • Polish: “Grotte de Jeita”
  • Portuguese: “Gruta de Jeita”
  • Russian: “Джейта”
  • Russian: “Пещеры Джейта”
  • Slovenian: “Džeita”
  • Slovenian: “Jama Džeita”
  • Spanish: “Gruta de Jeita”
  • Swedish: “Jeitagrottan”
  • Turkish: “Ceyta Mağarası”
  • Turkish: “Jeita Mağarası”
  • Ukrainian: “Джейта”
  • Urdu: “غار جعیتا”
  • Vietnamese: “Hang động Jeita”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jeita Grotto”
  • Western Armenian: “Ժեհիթայի Քարանձաւ”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճէյթա քարանձաւ”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Petit train and Jeita Grotto.

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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 “Lower Grotto”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.