Bikfaya
Sign in to savethumb|The Armenian Genocide memorial in BikfayaBikfaya (, also spelled Bickfaya, Beckfayya, or Bekfaya) is a town in the Matn District region of Mount Lebanon. Its stone houses with red-tiled roofs resting amidst pine and oak forests make Bikfaya one of the most sought-after suburbs of Beirut and one of Lebanon's most popular summer resorts. An old town, among its monuments is the church of Mar Abda, built in 1587.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bikfaya
- Settlement.native_name
- بكفيا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sheikh Pierre Gemayel Memorial Bikfaya.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Pierre Gemayel Memorial
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of Bikfaya within Lebanon
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- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mount Lebanon Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Matn District
- Settlement.elevation_min_m
- 900
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 1000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Bikfaya during the era of the Assafiyeen Emirs
- Culture
- Demography
- Religious Structures
- Tourism
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
thumb|The Armenian Genocide memorial in BikfayaBikfaya (, also spelled Bickfaya, Beckfayya, or Bekfaya) is a town in the Matn District region of Mount Lebanon. Its stone houses with red-tiled roofs resting amidst pine and oak forests make Bikfaya one of the most sought-after suburbs of Beirut and one of Lebanon's most popular summer resorts. An old town, among its monuments is the church of Mar Abda, built in 1587.
==Etymology== The name Bikfaya is a contraction of the Aramaic (Syriac) compound phrase "Beit Keifayya", בית כיפיא, with "Keifayya" being the relative adjective of the word כיפא, meaning "rock" or "stone" in Aramaic. And so, Bikfaya would mean the "house of stone" or "the rocky/stony house" with the semantic connotation of "the place, location of stones, or stone quarry."