Rachaya
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Rachaya راشيا |
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 Lebanon
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| Governorate : | Bekaa | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 30 ' N , 35 ° 51' E | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
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Rachaya ( Arabic راشيا, DMG Rāšayā ), also known as Rachaya al-Wadi , is a city in Lebanon located in the Rachaya district and south of the Bekaa governorate . It is located on the foothills of Mount Hermon , southeast of Beirut , near the Syrian border and halfway between Jezzine and Damascus . Rachaya is still a traditional Lebanese town with old cobbled streets and small shops, although there has been an increase in more modern buildings in recent years.
history
During the French mandate, Rachaya became known as the place where the leaders of the Lebanese national movement were imprisoned by French forces on November 11, 1943.
The people were:
- Bechara El Khoury (the first president of Lebanon after independence)
- Riad as-Solh (the Prime Minister)
- Pierre Gemayel
- Camille Chamoun
- Nobility Osseiran
This led to great pressure on the French government nationally and internationally. The prisoners were released on November 22, 1943, since then this has been Lebanese Independence Day. The former prison, an 18th century citadel , is now a barracks for the Lebanese army . The citadel is a monument of Lebanese history and can be visited by tourists, but under the leadership of the army.
Edward Robinson visited Rachaya in 1852. He documented a temple in an intermittent lake nearby called "Aaiha plain". George Taylor documented the temple, which is one of many around Hermon . An important Neolithic archaeological site near Rachaya is at "Kawkaba", where fragments of agricultural tools have been found.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rashaya Al-Wadi. . Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ↑ Lebanon Atlas - Rashaya: Tourism in Lebanon, Lebanon Touristic Sites, Rachaya al Wadi, Rashayya ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Edward Robinson, Eli Smith: Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petræa. A journal of Travels in the year 1838. (Volume 4): Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the adjacent Regions. A Journal of Travels in the Year 1852. J. Murray, London 1856, pp. 433 f.
- ↑ George Taylor: The Roman Temples of Lebanon. A pictorial guide. = Les temples romains au Liban. Guide illustré. Enlarged edition. Dar-el-Mashreq Publishers, Beirut 1971, pp. 23, 134, 171.
- ↑ Jacques Cauvin : Mèches en silex et travail du basalte au IVe millénaire en Béka (Liban) (= Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Vol. 45, No. 6, 1969, ISSN 0253-164X = Mélanges offerts à M. Maurice Dunand. 6). Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut 1969.
- ↑ Lorraine Copeland : Neolithic village sites in the South Beqaa, Lebanon (= Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Vol. 45, No. 5, 1969 = Mélanges offerts à M. Maurice Dunand. 5). Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut 1969.
- ↑ Lorraine Copeland, Peter J. Wescombe: Inventory of stone-age sites in Lebanon. Volume 2: North, South and East-Central Lebanon (= Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Vol. 42, 1966). Imprimerie Catholique, Beirut 1966, pp. 34-35.
