Qantara, Lebanon
| Qantara قنطرة | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Qantara Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′24.8″N 35°27′49.1″E / 33.273556°N 35.463639°ECoordinates: 33°16′24.8″N 35°27′49.1″E / 33.273556°N 35.463639°E | |
| Grid position | 193/297 PAL |
| Country |
 Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Marjeyoun District |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| 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
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; 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, Victor (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.
External links
- Qantara (Marjaayoun), Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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