Qantara, Lebanon

Qantara قنطرة
Village
Qantara Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′25″N 35°27′49″E
Grid position	193/297 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Qantara (قنطرة ) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the arch". Qantara (Arabic: قنطرة) is the Arabic word for "bridge".

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin found that the village had 150 Metawileh inhabitants. He further remarked: "The mosque is built of hewn stones of apparent antiquity. Its door is surmounted by a lintel belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle."

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 [..] Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs. There are two perennial springs a little to the south of the village."

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Qantara (Marjaayoun), Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons