Taanayel

Taanayel (Arabic: تعنايل), also transliterated Tanayal,^[2] is a village located in the Zahlé District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.

Taanayel تعنايل
Village
Taanayel village, 2013
Taanayel Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°47′59″N 35°52′08″E
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Zahlé
Elevation [1]	2,720 ft (830 m)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Tha'nayil as a Sunni Muslim village in the Beqaa Valley.^[3]

In 1982, Taanayel suffered heavy damages from aerial bombardments.^[4]

In October 1985, war planes of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) dropped bombs and fired rockets on a target near Tanayel on the Beirut-Damascus highway. According to UPI, the command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that the place was used as a military base by Ahmed Jibril's pro-Syrian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.^[2]

Tannayal farm (from the Aramaic word for "the Grace of God") lies a few kilometers south from Chtaura on the main road. Following the massacre of French Jesuit missionnaries in 1860 an estate was given by the Ottoman authorities. The place has been converted to a farm and retreat centre in Ignatian spirituality since that date

Jesuit spiritual center

Jesuit spiritual center chapel

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It is now a working farm entrusted to Arcenciel^[5] and also serves as a teaching facility for the Faculty of Agriculture at Saint Joseph University located in Beirut.^[6]