(Druze
Village
39
km)
This
is
a
very
old
village
famed
in
the
past
as
a
Druze
religious
center.
Abey
is
full
of
remains
associated
with
the
Tannoukh
Emirs,
descendants
of
an
Arab
tribe
settled
in
this
region
by
the
Abbasids
around
the
mid-8th
century.
Among
the
monuments
left
by
this
feudal
dynasty
are
the
fountain
of
the
Emirs,
the
Other monuments are the churches of as-Saydeh, Mar Sarkis and Bakhos, Mar Maroun, and the Evangelical church founded by European missionaries in the 17th century.
(BYBLOS - JEITA GROTTO - TRIPOLI - SIDON - ZAHLÉ - BAALBECK)
(THE CEDARS - TYRE - BEITEDDINE - AANJAR)
EGYPT - SYRIA - JORDAN