Libbaya
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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.
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.Taylor, 1971, p.?
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/138/mode/1up 138]
During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.{{cite book |author1=Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4MLAAAAIAAJ |title=Asian bulletin |author2=Asian-Pacific Anti-Communist League |publisher=APACL Publications |year=1988 |page=64 |access-date=23 April 2011}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|author=Taylor, G.|author-link=George Francis Taylor|title=The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ii8NAQAAIAAJ|access-date=18 September 2012|year=1971|publisher=Dar el-Machreq Publishers}}
- {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}
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External links
- [http://www.localiban.org/article4589.html Libbaya], Localiban
{{Western Beqaa District}}
{{Archaeological sites in Lebanon}}
{{Roman Archaeological sites in Beirut & Lebanon}}
Category:Populated places in Western Beqaa District
Category:Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon
Category:Archaeological sites in Lebanon
Category:Tourist attractions in Lebanon
Category:Ancient Roman temples
Category:Roman sites in Lebanon
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