Distinguished for its colossal grotto, Afqa is a rectangular-prism-shaped breach within a 200-meter-high cliffside. From a distance, the cave appears like a mou... Read More...
The monastery, carved out of rock near the source of the Orontes (Assi) River, has been in decline for many years, as natural forces and shepherds seeking shelt... Read More...
The 10-million-year-old Qadisha Grotto was first discovered in 1903, but it wasn’t until 1923, at the onset of the Qadisha electric project, that real explora... Read More...
Marina was a woman who disguised herself as a man to join her father, a layman who gave up everything after the death of his wife and became a monk at the Monas... Read More...
This cave is set in strata of calcium and dolomites and belongs to the late Jurassic epoch. The cave was formed in two main periods. During the first... Read More...