Qantara, Lebanon

Qantara
قنطرة
Village
Map showing the location of Qabrikha within Lebanon
Qantara
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′25″N 35°27′49″E / 33.27361°N 35.46361°E / 33.27361; 35.46361Coordinates: 33°16′25″N 35°27′49″E / 33.27361°N 35.46361°E / 33.27361; 35.46361
Grid position 193/297 PAL
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Marjeyoun District
Elevation 470 m (1,540 ft)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code +961

Qantara (قنطرة ) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the arch".[1]

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin found that the village had 150 Metawileh inhabitants.[2] He further remarked: "The mosque is built of hewn stones of apparent antiquity. Its door is surmounted by a lintel belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle."[3]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 [..] Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs. There are two perennial springs a little to the south of the village."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
  2. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 272
  3. ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 272; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
  4. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 87

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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