Shamaa
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Shamaa () is a village and municipality in the Tyre District of Lebanon's South Governorate, about 25 kilometres southeast of Tyre and some 99 kilometres south of Beirut.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Byzantine period
- Early Muslim period
- Crusader to Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- Post World War II
- Demographics
- Gallery
- The [[Maqam Shamoun Al Safa]] shrine
- The Castle
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Shamaa () is a village and municipality in the Tyre District of Lebanon's South Governorate, about 25 kilometres southeast of Tyre and some 99 kilometres south of Beirut.
It is especially known for its historical castle on a strategic hill overlooking the coastal plain of Tyre and Naqoura.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shamaa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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