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Deir el-Natour Monastery, Enfeh
Ras el-Natour Peninsula, Enfeh (Koura), Coast & Mountains·4.7(330)·Free
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The "Monastery of the Watchman" stands on a rocky promontory jutting into the sea at Enfeh, dating to the Crusader 12th century and long tied to nearby Balamand. Restored from ruins by Sister Catherine from 1973, it wraps a cloister and a small Byzantine-style chapel in salt air and sweeping water views. The surrounding peninsula, with old salt pans and Phoenician-era remains, sits on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list.
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