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Bkassine, Beit Kassin ("village of the disappeared") (), is a municipality in Lebanon surrounded by the Bkassine Pine Forest. The village is near Jezzine.

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Lebanon
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Bkassine, Beit Kassin ("village of the disappeared") (), is a municipality in Lebanon surrounded by the Bkassine Pine Forest. The village is near Jezzine.

The village received a National Institute for Heritage award. The village is home to a church where an annual festival celebrating Saint Takla is held. The village includes a square, small souk, and houses adorned with distinctive red tiles.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bkassine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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