Official Name: | Hebbariye |
Other Name: | Hebbariya, Hibbariyeh, Hebbariyeh, Hebariya |
Native Name: | هبّارية |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Village, Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hasbaya District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1970 |
Population Total: | 1,800[1] |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Habbariye | |
Alternate Name: | Habbariya, Habbariyeh, Habariya |
Map Type: | Lebanon |
Map Alt: | 750m (2,460feet) |
Map Size: | 200 |
Location: | 116km (72miles) east of Beirut |
Region: | Hasbaya |
Coordinates: | 33.3675°N 35.6942°W |
Cultures: | Roman |
Condition: | Ruins |
Public Access: | Yes |
Hebbariye, Hebbariyeh, Hebbariya or Hebariya (Arabic: هبّارية) is a village and municipality situated in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate in Lebanon.[2] It is located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Hermon near the Lebanon–Syria border, northeast of Rachaya Al Foukhar and is positioned amongst orchards of apricot trees.[2] There it is a roman temple.
The village sits c. 750m (2,460feet) above sea level and the small population is predominantly support the Lebanese Communist party
There is a Roman temple near to the village, opposite the Wadi Shib'a which is the most southern of the Temples of Mount Hermon, a group defined by George Taylor as being south of the main road to Damascus on the west of Mount Hermon, including the Wadi al-Taym area.[3] [4] [5] It has been classified as an Antae temple with an eastern portal that faces Mount Hermon, aligned "as if to catch the first beams of the morning sun rising over Hermon."[4] [6] The temple has a large basement chamber underneath the cella floors that is thought to have been used for burial. The room is only accessible from the outside of the building.[7] The temple was surveyed in the summer of 1852 by Edward Robinson who noted several large blocks with one measuring 2.75feet by 15feet. He measured the dimensions of the temple to be 58feet long by 31feet wide with 6feet thick walls around 32feet high. The capitals appeared to be of an Ionic style.[3] [4] At the entrance doorway, there are two tiers of niches with some engraved writing beneath the upper set.[6]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French. (pp.285-286)