Origin of the name: in Syriac BESRE and it means Meat and cadavers or BISTRA and it means crude fruits or BETSERES meaning the temple of the “SERES” goddess of Embalming and pulses.
Above sea level: 460m
Distance from Beirut: 65Km
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Places of worship: archeological Lady of “BESTRE” church founded in 1252 and renovated by the patriarch Semaan Awad in 1756
Water resources: Awwali river
Its products: citric plants, vegetables, grains, vine, fruits and olives.
Famous for: a temple in Marj L Awamid and Persian, Phoenician and Romanian ruins dispersed especially in the zone Ain L Berde.