The Temples of Mount Hermon are around thirty Shrines and temples that are dispersed around the slopes of Mount Hermon in Lebanon , Syria and Palestine.

Around 20 temples are dispersed in the Beqaa Valley, all temples are mysteriously oriented to Qasr Antar the highest temple of the ancient world, sitting at 2800 altitude at the summit of Jabal el Cheick or Hermon Mountain.

One fine, well preserved temple is Ain Harcha temple, situated above the village of Ain Harcha.

Roman temple

(about a forty minute walk) along a rocky path, on a ridge-top to the west, higher than the village sits one of the best examples of a Roman temple in the vicinity of Mount Hermon. The temple of Ain Harcha can also be reached by walking down from the village of Ain Ata.

It was restored in 1938-1939 and dates from a Greek inscription on one of the blocks to 114-115 AD. The temple is built of limestone, opens to the east and blends in well with the landscape. The pediment and west wall are in particularly good condition and two columns bases show what supported the beams and roof. Carved blocks show busts of Selene, the moon goddess and Helios, the sun god. Around the site are remnants of ancient habitation and tombs.

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Ain Harcha (or Ain Hircha) is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It is located east of Mount Hermon close to the Syrian border south of Dahr El Ahmar.

The village sits ca. above sea level and the name is claimed in Aramaic to mean “house of spirits” or “place of worship” with some seeing this as derived from “the feast of sorceries” due to local folklore suggesting an evil spirit of Ain Al-Horsh inhabits the springs of Lebanon.