Monastery of Saint Maron

Monastery of Saint Maron
	Shown within Lebanon
Alternative name	Deir Mar Maroun
Location	Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
Coordinates	34°21′00″N 36°22′00″E / 34.35°N 36.366667°E
History
Periods	Ancient Rome, Byzantine Empire, Mamluk, Ottoman empire
Site notes
Condition	recently cleaned, falling into disrepair
Public access	Yes

The Monastery of Saint Maron (Syriac: 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ al-Fakih, Rakan., Mar Maroun monastery restoration undeterred, The Daily Star (Lebanon, 2012-01-11. (Archived August 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)
^ Michel M. Alouf; Tedd St Rain (1999). History of Baalbek. Book Tree. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-1-58509-063-1. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
^ Paul Doyle (1 March 2012). Lebanon. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-84162-370-2. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[al-Fakih-1] -Fakih, Rakan., Mar Maroun monastery restoration undeterred, The Daily Star (Lebanon, 2012-01-11. (Archived August 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)

[AloufRain1999-2] Michel M. Alouf; Tedd St Rain (1999). History of Baalbek. Book Tree. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-1-58509-063-1. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

[Doyle2012-3] Paul Doyle (1 March 2012). Lebanon. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 215–. ISBN 978-1-84162-370-2. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

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