Yanouh Roman & Byzantine Ruins
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Perched around 1,120 m above the upper Nahr Ibrahim (Adonis) valley, Yanouh preserves a 2nd-century Roman temple, a 5th-century Byzantine basilica and a medieval chapel layered over more than five millennia of settlement. Excavations here uncovered the earliest known public use of Aramaic in Mount Lebanon. It is a remote, atmospheric excursion for lovers of history and mountain scenery.
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