 People - March 20 to April, 9, 2006
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents during the winter of 2006. People - winter 2006 (20 Pictures) |
 People - October 27 to November, 6, 2005
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents during the fall of 2005. People - Fall 2005 (21 Pictures) |
 People - March 21 to April, 10, 2005
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents during the winter of 2005. People - winter 2005 (23 Pictures) |
 People - July 27 to August 7, 2004
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents during the summer holidays of 2004. People - summer 2004 (63 Pictures) |
 People - Jan 29 to Feb 6, 2004
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents during the Al-Adha holidays of 2004. People - winter 2004 (38 Pictures) |
 People - July 29 to Aug 30, 1999
Photos taken of some kaftoun inhabitents in August of 1999. People - summer 1999 (38 Pictures) |
The Village of Kaftoun, Koura, Lebanon
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This lovely mountain resort town is perched above the eastern end of
the beautiful Kadisha Gorge and at the foothills of the Cedars of Lebanon.
It is the brith place of Lebanon's most famous author
Khalil Gibran. It has a small museum which pays tribute to him.
Beiteddine palace was built over a period of thirty years by Emir Bechir Chehab II.
It's architecture reflects the typical oriental architecture of the 19th century Ottoman Era.
It is remarkable for its glamorous
arcades, multicolored mosaic floors, reception rooms, harems, hammams
and even by its guest house "Diyafa" where passing guests were lodged
(French poet Lamartine stayed once there).
Detail of the Sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos, seated
on a cherub throne, before an offering table, 13th century B.C (National Museum of Beirut).
Around 1200 B.C. the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern
alphabet. By 800 B.C., it had traveled to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated.
Located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, Baalbek is an ancient city
that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Originally
Canaanite (3rd century BC), the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
and Arabs successively occupied Ba'albek and left their imprints on the
place, often modifying what existed previously.
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