Hasroun
City in North Governorate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hasroun (also Hasrun or Hasroon, Arabic: حصرون ) is a village located in the Bsharri District in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is situated in the Valley of Qadisha, overlooking the southern branch of this valley, the Qannoubine Valley.
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Hasroun
حصرون | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Hasroun Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°14′31″N 35°58′46″E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Bsharri District |
| Elevation | 1,600 m (5,200 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,600 m (5,200 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 12,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
It owes its nickname of the Rose of Mount Lebanon [1] to its predominantly red-tiled roof houses. The population is Maronite Catholic.
Hasroun gave the Maronite Church two Patriarchs, Patriarch Jacob Aouad (1705-1733) and Patriarch Simon Aouad (1743-1756). From Hasroun came also the noted family of orientalists, the Assemani, among them the famous Giuseppe Simone Assemani, author of Bibliotheca Orientalis and Ephraemi Syri opera omnia quae extant.
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