Mar Takla

Mar Takla is a church in , . Mar Takla is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the marketplace .
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Christian
  • Also known as: “mar takla”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Silk Museum and Serail Baabda.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bsous is a silk in the town of near Wadi Chahrour in , located around 15 kilometres east of . is situated 4 km east of Mar Takla.

Office building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Seraglio of Baabda, is a historic building located in , Lebanon, and is one of the country's oldest official buildings. This particular seraglio played a key role in Lebanon's history between 1860 and 1916, during the period of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. is situated 2½ km northeast of Mar Takla.

Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The Monument is a monument in , , made to celebrate the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. It was designed by the French-born American artist Armand Fernandez. is situated 3½ km northeast of Mar Takla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kfarshima and Choueifat.

Town
Photo: Kfarchima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Kfarchima, is a town in the of the , southeast of and is part of Greater Beirut.

Village
is one of the biggest and most important cities south of in . The local population of the city is made up of mostly Druze and a Christian minority, but in the last 25 years, many Beirutis have moved in to escape the capital's high rents, while many southerners have found a good alternative to the crowded southern suburb known as .

Village
is a municipality in the of the in . It borders the southern periphery of the Lebanese capital and is considered part of its metropolitan area.

Mar Takla

Latitude
33.81658° or 33° 48′ 60″ north
Longitude
35.53104° or 35° 31′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G5QRG8J+JC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305246394
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­christian
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Satellite Map

Discover Mar Takla from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Mar Takla” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة مار تقلا كفرشيما”
  • French: “Mar Takla”

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