St Jean-Marc Church since 1115 AD named by the name of the first founder... (Jbeil جبيل)
October 07, 2017 by joe.sokhn
St Jean-Marc Church since 1115 AD named by the name of the first founder of the christianity in Phenicia. Partialy destroyed in 1176 AD by an earthquake, turned to a mosque during the ottoman reign, passed to the maronites by emir Youssef Chehab in the 18th century, bombed by the british in 1840, bell tower added in 1947 and here it is :) .
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