Bhamdoun
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Bhamdoun بحمدون |
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 Lebanon
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| Governorate | Mount Lebanon | ||
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| height | 1100 m | ||
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 48 ′ N , 35 ° 40 ′ E | ||
Bhamdoun ( Arabic بحمدون) is a city in the Aley district , part of Mount Lebanon Governorate , in the state of Lebanon . Bhamdoun is located on the main road (National Road 1) towards Damascus about 23 km east of the capital Beirut at an altitude of about 1100 meters. The place with its approximately 9000 households consists of two districts, on the one hand the more northerly Bhamdoun-el-mhatta ("Bhamdoun train station") with about 800 households and Bhamdoun-el-day'aa ("village Bhamdoun") as well as ten belonging to the community Villages. The Lebanon Railway , which connected the city to Beirut, had a station in Bhamdoun at kilometer 26.4 and was an important economic factor for many years. As early as the middle of the 20th century, i.e. before the Lebanese civil war of the 1980s, in which the railway line was destroyed, the attractiveness of the railway declined significantly in favor of motorized individual transport .
Until the outbreak of war, Bhamdoun was a popular resort in the cool mountains of Lebanon. The tourism industry is gradually gaining momentum after the main infrastructure has been restored since the mid-2000s. Unlike in the past, tourists no longer live in private holiday homes that have not yet been rebuilt, but predominantly in hotels. Besides tourism, agriculture is the most important source of income. Most of the residents are Orthodox Christians . In terms of sacred buildings there are five Christian churches, two of which are Greek Orthodox , one Maronite , one Protestant and one Catholic, three mosques and a synagogue. All five churches were destroyed during the war, but have now been rebuilt. The synagogue, built in 1910, was one of the three largest in the country. It burned down and was also partially destroyed, but the outer walls are still standing.
The Château Belle-Vue winery has been making its own wines under international standards since 2000 . The first vintage was pressed in 2003 and was awarded gold for the first time in 2005 by the Wine Competition’s . The wine is now on the market in Europe, Asia and North America. In Bhamdoun, a 68-room hotel is the Safir hotel chain and other four-star hotels of Sheraton , Carlton Hotel , Alsheikh Hotel .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kirsten E. Schulze: The Jewish of Lebanon: A Minority among Many or the Enemy Within? In: Tudor Parfitt (ed.): Israel and Ishmael. Studies in Muslim-Jewish relations. St. Martin's Press, New York NY 2000, ISBN 0-312-22228-9 , pp. 86-104, here p. 89.
- ^ Photo of the synagogue today
- ↑ Château Belle-Vue