Libbaya

Libbaya

لبايا
Libbaya لبايا
Town
	Libbaya Location in Lebanon
	Coordinates: 33°28′57″N 35°43′26″E / 33.48250°N 35.72389°E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa District

Libbaya ((Arabic: لبايا, romanized: Libbāyā)) is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor.

History

There is a Roman temple near the town that was called Ain Libbaya or Ayn Libbaya. It was classified amongst a group of Temples of Mount Hermon by George Taylor.^[1]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh.^[2]

During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.^[3]

Heritage

The temple is one of the sites included in Lebanon's submission to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List under the name "Sacred mount Hermon and its associated cultural monuments", submitted to the World Heritage Centre on 11 July 2019.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Administration

Libbaya is administratively part of the Beqaa Ouest (Western Beqaa) caza, and its municipality is a member of the Fédération des municipalités de Bouhayra.^[7]

References

↑ Taylor, 1971, p.?
↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
↑ Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League; Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League (1988). Asian bulletin. APACL Publications. p. 64. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Sacred Mount Hermon and its associated cultural monuments". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
↑ "Libbaya Temple | Archiqoo". archiqoo.com. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Lebanon - UNESCO World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
↑ "Water as a Tool for Defusing Socio-Political Tension" (PDF). 2022.

Bibliography

Taylor, G. (1971). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

Libbaya, Localiban

[Taylor1971-1] Taylor, 1971, p.?

[2] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138

[LeagueLeague1988-3] Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League; Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League (1988). Asian bulletin. APACL Publications. p. 64. Retrieved 23 April 2011.

[4] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Sacred Mount Hermon and its associated cultural monuments". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2026-08-27.

[5] "Libbaya Temple | Archiqoo". archiqoo.com. Retrieved 2026-08-27.

[6] Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Lebanon - UNESCO World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2026-08-27.

[7] "Water as a Tool for Defusing Socio-Political Tension" (PDF). 2022.

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v t e Western Beqaa District, Beqaa Governorate
Capital: Joub Jannine
Towns and villages	Aammiq Aana Ain Zebdeh Aitanite Baaloul Bab Mareaa Baidar ech Chamout Dakoue Ghazzeh Haouch El Harimeh Joub Jannine Kamid al lawz Kefraya Khiara Lala Libbaya Machghara Manara Marj Meidoun Qaraoun Qelaya Saghbine Sawiri Sohmor Sultan Yacoub Tell Zenoub Yohmor Zilaya
Notable landmarks	Amlaq Qatih Bustan Birke

v t e Roman archaeological sites in Lebanon
Roman Berytus (actual Beirut)	Berytus ¹ Roman Forum of Berytus Berytus Roman Baths Cisterns of Berytus Baths Berytus Cardo Decumanus Berytus Colonnaded street Byzantine mosaics Roman hippodrome of Berytus Roman Law school of Berytus
Roman Phoenicia (actual Lebanon)	Heliopolis Temple of Bacchus Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek) Temples of Mount Hermon Temples of the Beqaa Valley Aaqbe temple Afqa Ain Aata temple Ain Harcha roman temple Amioun Monastery Arca Caesarea Augusti Pagus Bakka temple Batroumine Bziza temple Canalizations of Zenobia Dakoue temple Mansourieh Roman aqueduct Hebbariye temple Iaat column Kafr Zabad temples Khirbet El-Knese roman temples Labweh Roman temple Libbaya roman temple Monastery of Qozhaya Monastery of Saint Maron Nahle roman temple Nebi Safa temple Niha Hosn Niha Qalaat Faqra Qal'at Bustra temple Castra Chbib Castra El Banat Saraain El Faouqa Schleem roman temple Colonia Aurelia Pia "Sidon" Temnin el-Foka nymphaeum Tripolis in Phoenicia Tyrus ¹ Tyre Necropolis Roman temple to Venus in Yammoune Sanctuary of Yanouh
Related	Roman Lebanon Phoenice (Roman province) Palaestina Secunda Phoenice Libanensis Stone of the Pregnant Woman Ulpianus Marcus Valerius Probus Eudokia of Heliopolis Saint Barbara of Heliopolis Coele-Syria List of Christian cathedrals in Lebanon Christianity in Lebanon Catholic Church in Lebanon Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 2nd century in Lebanon 3rd century in Lebanon 4th century in Lebanon 5th century in Lebanon 6th century in Lebanon 551 Beirut earthquake
¹ UNESCO World Heritage Sites ² Proposed Category:Roman sites in Lebanon

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