(Resort
Town 25 km)
Located
on the heights above southern Beirut, Shemlan is known for its
fabulous views of the city. This area once belonged to an
eminent member of the Chehab family, Emir Haidar, who in 1828
donated it to the Maronite Monks of the Order of Antonins. The
monastery thery built gradually developed into the nucleus of
the present town.
In 1860 English Protestant missionaries
founded a school here which later became the British Middle
East Center for Arabic Studies (MECAS) |
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