Cedars Nature Reserve(The Cedars of God)
Lebanon /
as-Samal /
Tarabulus as-Sam /
Aynata - El Arz road
World
/ Lebanon
/ as-Samal
/ Tarabulus as-Sam
, 26 km from center (طرابلس الشام)
World / Lebanon / North Lebanon
park, cedar, nature conservation park / area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, tourist attraction
One of the last surviving group of cedar trees located in Lebanon. Mentioned in the Bible and used by the Pheonicians to build their "Trade Armada" by which they explored the Mediterannean, all the coasts of Africa, and even the coasts of the British isle.
Classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO: whc.unesco.org/en/list/850
"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon" (Psa 92:12 NIV)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMfvmSdriVM
www.phoenician.org/cedars_of_lebanon.htm
Classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO: whc.unesco.org/en/list/850
"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon" (Psa 92:12 NIV)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMfvmSdriVM
www.phoenician.org/cedars_of_lebanon.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedars_of_God
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°14'36"N 36°2'54"E
- Yammouneh Nature Reserve 10 km
- Arz Tannourine Cedar Forest Nature Reserve 13 km
- Wadi Qadisha 17 km
- Bshealeh - Bchaaleh - بشعلة 24 km
- Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve 34 km
- Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve 64 km
- Al Barouk Cedar Forest 68 km
- Barzeh Orchards 79 km
- Jabal Rihane Biosphere Reserve 93 km
- Odem Forest 118 km
- Bsharri District 4.9 km
- North Lebanon Governorate 11 km
- Al Qurna as Sawda ("The Black Corner") 13 km
- Nabha municipality 13 km
- Mnaitra mountain range 13 km
- Harbata municipality 17 km
- Minyeh Ed-Denniyeh District 17 km
- Batroun District 19 km
- Jebab municipality 19 km
- Ras Baalbek el Gharbi 21 km
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