Libbaya

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

Libbaya (لبايا) 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. There it is a roman temple.

During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.^[1]

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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.^[2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh.^[3]

References

^ Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League; Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League (1988). Asian bulletin. APACL Publications. p. 64. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
^ Taylor, 1971, p.?
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138

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

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 Kamid al lawz Kefraya Khiara Lala Libbaya Machghara Manara Marj Meidoun Qaraoun Qelaya Saghbine Sawiri Sohmor Sultan Yacoub Tell Zenoub Yohmor Zilaya
Other	Amlaq Qatih Bustan Birke

Archaeological sites in Lebanon

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
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¹ UNESCO World Heritage Sites ² Proposed Category:Roman sites in Lebanon

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