Ain Harcha

Dahr El Ahmar, Lebanon

Ain Harcha ((ʿAyn Ḥarshah), also spelled Ain Hircha) is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It is located east of Mount Hermon close to the Syrian border south of Dahr El Ahmar. The village is home to a Roman temple. The village sits ca. 1,200 metres (3, 900 ft) above sea level and the name is claimed in Aramaic to mean "house of spirits" or "place of worship" with some seeing this as derived from "the feast of sorceries" due to local folklore suggesting an evil spirit of Ain Al-Horsh inhabits the springs of Lebanon.

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