Libbaya (()) is a village in the Beka'a Valley of Lebanon, situated in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate. It lies southeast of Sohmor.
History There is a Roman temple near the town that was called Ain Libbaya or Ayn Libbaya. It was classified amongst a group of Temples of Mount Hermon by George Taylor.Taylor, 1971, p.?
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Libbaya's population as being Metawileh.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
During the war in the 1980s, four Israeli Cobra helicopters backing the attacking force strafed Libbaya and nearby villages, killing a Lebanese soldier.
Heritage The temple is one of the sites included in Lebanon's submission to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List under the name "Sacred mount Hermon and its associated cultural monuments", submitted to the World Heritage Centre on 11 July 2019.
Administration Libbaya is administratively part of the Beqaa Ouest (Western Beqaa) caza, and its municipality is a member of the Fédération des municipalités de Bouhayra.
See also
Temples of the Beqaa Valley Sohmor Yohmor Kfarmishki
References
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External links Libbaya, Localiban