Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest
The Cedars of God is a forest in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon. It is a vestige of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in antiquity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Evergreen forest
- Description: forest in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Cedars of God”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gibran Museum.
Gibran Museum
Museum
Photo: Xtcrider, Public domain.
The Gibran Museum, formerly the Monastery of Mar Sarkis, is a biographical museum in Bsharri, Lebanon, 120 kilometres from Beirut. It is dedicated to the Lebanese writer, philosopher, and artist Kahlil Gibran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bsharri and Bekaa Kafra.
Bsharri
Town
Bsharri is a Lebanese town located in the district of the same name, North Governorate, situated at altitudes between 1,100 m and 3,088 m. Bsharri is the location of the Cedars of God, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only remaining place where the Cedrus libani tree grows natively.
Bekaa Kafra
Village
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Bekaa Kafra is a Lebanese village located in the Bsharri District in Northern Lebanon. Bekaa Kafra is located above the village of Bsharri across the Kadisha Valley.
Hasroun
Village
Hasroun is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.
Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest
- Categories: forest, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.2433° or 34° 14′ 36″ northLongitude
36.049° or 36° 2′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G6R62VX+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 243124726OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q60945
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bcharreh Cedars of God Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أرز الرب”
- Arabic: “غابة أرز الرّب”
- Armenian: “Հորշ Արզ էլ Ռաբ”
- Azerbaijani: “Tanrının sidr ağacları”
- Basque: “Jainkoaren zedroak”
- Basque: “Jaungoikoaren zedroak”
- Belarusian: “Кедры Божыя”
- Belarusian: “Лес Божых кедраў”
- Bengali: “ঈশ্বরের সিডার”
- Catalan: “Bosc dels cedres de Déu”
- Chinese: “神杉林”
- Chinese: “神雪松”
- Chinese: “神雪鬆”
- Croatian: “Božji cedrovi”
- Czech: “Les Božích cedrů”
- Dutch: “Bos van de ceders van God”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارز الرب”
- Esperanto: “Cedraro de Dio”
- French: “Cèdres de Dieu”
- French: “Forêt des Cèdres de Dieu de Bcharré”
- Georgian: “სამეფო კედრების ტყე”
- German: “Zedern des Herrn”
- Greek: “Δάσος των Κέδρων του Θεού”
- Hebrew: “ארזי האל”
- Hungarian: “Hors Arz er-Ráb”
- Hungarian: “Isten Cédrusainak Erdeje”
- Italian: “foresta dei cedri di Dio”
- Italian: “Foresta dei cedri di Dio”
- Lithuanian: “Dievo Kedrai”
- Macedonian: “Божји Кедри”
- Malayalam: “സീഡർസ് ഓഫ് ഗോഡ്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guds seder”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guds seder”
- Norwegian: “Guds seder”
- Persian: “سروهای خدا”
- Polish: “Hursz Arz ar-Rab”
- Polish: “Las Bożych Cedrów”
- Portuguese: “Cedros de Deus”
- Portuguese: “Floresta de Cedros de Deus”
- Portuguese: “Floresta dos Cedros de Deus”
- Portuguese: “Horsh Arz el-Rab”
- Russian: “Хорш-Арз-эль-Раб”
- Russian: “Хорш-Арз-эр-Раб”
- Serbian: “Божји кедрови”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Božji cedrovi”
- Slovenian: “Gozd božjih ceder”
- Spanish: “Bosque de los cedros de Dios”
- Swedish: “Guds cedrar”
- Tagalog: “Mga sedro ng Diyos”
- Tatar: “Тәңренең эрбетләре урманы”
- Tatar: “Хорш-Арз-эль-Раб”
- Turkish: “Tanrı’nın Sedirleri”
- Ukrainian: “Хорш-Арз-ель-Раб”
- Vietnamese: “Rừng tuyết tùng của Chúa”
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