Ferzol (), also spelled Forzol, Ferzul or Fourzol, is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It lies approximately six to eight kilometres north of Zahlé, the principal city of the Beqaa Valley, along the road toward Baalbek, at an elevation of roughly 1,000 metres above sea level. It is situated south of Nabi Ayla and west of Ablah. Today, Ferzol is home to a mostly Melkite Greek Catholic community, and is administratively part of the broader Zahlé municipality, though it maintains its own municipal council.
Ferzol (), also spelled Forzol, Ferzul or Fourzol, is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It lies approximately six to eight kilometres north of Zahlé, the principal city of the Beqaa Valley, along the road toward Baalbek, at an elevation of roughly 1,000 metres above sea level. It is situated south of Nabi Ayla and west of Ablah. Today, Ferzol is home to a mostly Melkite Greek Catholic community, and is administratively part of the broader Zahlé municipality, though it maintains its own municipal council.
== History == === Prehistoric and Canaanite periods === Some of the earliest archaeological evidence of human settlement in Ferzol is found in the cave system of the Wadi al-Habis. Some historians have argued that these caves represent among the earliest human habitations in the region. Archaeological evidence dating back over three thousand years demonstrates continuous occupation from the Stone Age through the Roman and Byzantine periods. Many of these caves are connected by tunnels, and some still preserve ancient water cisterns. Stone-cut evidence at the site includes Canaanite, Phoenician, Roman, and Byzantine-era inscriptions and carvings. These multilingual inscriptions testify to the successive cultural occupations of the site.
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