Maghdouché

Coordinates: 33°31′20″N 35°23′9″E / 33.52222°N 35.38583°E / 33.52222; 35.38583
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Maghdouché
مغدوشة
UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code00961 (7) Landline

Maghdouché (

Mediterranean, occupying a hill with elevation ranging between 200 and 229 meters above sea level.[2]

Demographics

Maghdouché has a permanent population of 8,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom are

Maronite Catholics.[1]
The population of the town doubles when the expatriates return to spend their summer vacations in their ancestral home.

Economy

Maghdouché's main industry is agriculture. The town produces grapes and citrus fruits, especially oranges. The town is famous for its orange-blossom water.

USAID funded a $195,000 cooperative of flower blossom and rose water production center, which will serve more than 950 farmers in Maghdouche area.[3]

History

The name, Maghdouché, originates from the Syriac word, which means "crop collectors." [

St. Hélène's
request and transformed the cave into a sanctuary for the Virgin. He erected a tower in honor of the Virgin. The tower collapsed during the earthquake of 550. Later, King
Greek Catholic Church became the owner, and transformed the cave into a sanctuary in 1880.[citation needed
]

Mission de Phénicie (1865-1874)) and he visited the caves Sayyidet el-Mantara and Mogharet el-Magdoura.[4]

In 1875 Victor Guérin found it to be a village with 300 Greek Catholic inhabitants. He also noted the caves, Saïdet el-Manthara and Merharet el-Makdoura.[5]

At the beginning of the sixties, under the auspices of Mgr Basile Khoury, the architect Varoujan Zaven designed and executed a hexagonal chapel topped by a 28-meter tower in a conical shape to support an 8.5-meter one-piece bronze statue of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus in her arms, of his own design as well, realized by Italian artist Pierrotti in Pietra Santa. The design and supervision of the project were both a donation on behalf of the architect.

Our Lady of Mantara is considered the protectress of children, and many baptisms are celebrated at the sanctuary.[citation needed
]

In May 1985

Tyre from the Amal strongholds in South Beirut.[6][7] During the fighting Amal accused Christian residents of siding with the Palestinians. At the beginning of the battle there had been 4,000 Christians in the village, by the end of November there were 80. Four village men were killed by Amal on the road out of the village, two of them were axed to death. Most of the villages women and children managed to reach East Beirut.[8] In 1990 the residents of Maghdouché returned to the ruins of their village and began rebuilding what was destroyed in the war.[9]

Main sights

Maghdouché's most famous landmark is the tower of

Virgin Mary as she waited for Jesus while he preached in Sidon
. The tower height is 28 m, Statue height: 8.5 m, width: 3.5 m and the weight is 6 Tons[10] This religious landmark receives many visitors consisting of tourists and residents.

Our Lady of Mantara was considered a religious heritage site and was added to the International Religious Tourism Map in 2016.

Popular culture

A tribute to the town was sung by Lebanese singer Diana Haddad on her 2000 album Jarh AL Habib titled Maghdouche or Mishtaqit Laki Ya Maghdouche ("I miss you Maghdouche"). In September 2009 Haddad performed the same song in honour of the village while participating in their annual music festival held in the town, the singer's ancestral home.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c maghdouche.pipop.org[dead link]
  2. ^ Discussion: 2. Al-Mountara ? Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Christusrex.org (2000-12-19). Retrieved on 2013-04-11.
  3. ^ Usaid: Lebanon: Welcome To Usaid | Lebanon Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. Lebanon.usaid.gov. Retrieved on 2013-04-11.
  4. ^ Renan, 1864, pp. 518-519
  5. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 486
  6. ^ Middle East International No 289, 5 December 1986; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Editor Michael Adams; Jim Muir pp.10-11; Lamis Andoni pp.11-12. No 290, 19 December 1986; Jim Muir pp.5-6.
  7. ISBN 9950-312-27-2
    .
  8. ^ Middle East International No 291, 9 January 1987; David McDowell p.4
  9. ^ history. Web.archive.org (2009-10-27). Retrieved on 2013-04-11.
  10. ^ a b Bishop Maksimos Constantine (1963) Notre Dame de Mantara
  11. ^ Diana in “Maghdosheh” for the first time. albawaba.com, September 10, 2009.

Bibliography

External links

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