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Monastery of Saint Maron

Lebanon

The Monastery of Saint Maron (Arabic, Latinized: Deir Mar Maroun), also called the Cave of the Monks, is an ancient cavern initially developed as a refuge structure by the Romans and later used as a Maronite monastery and carved out of solid rock in the side of a cliff. It is located around 200 metres (660 ft) from Ain ez Zarqa, the source of the Orontes River, south of Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, northern Lebanon.

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