Qantara (قنطرة ) is a village in the
Marjeyoun District in southern
Lebanon.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer
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Biography
Youth and education
Palmer was born in Green Street, Cambridge the son of a private schoo ...
, the name ''El Kantarah'' means "the arch", ''qantara'' ( ar, قنطرة) also being used in Arabic to denote a bridge built of stone or masonry, an
aqueduct or a
dam, and a high building.
History
In 1875
Victor Guérin found that the village had 150
Metawileh inhabitants. He further remarked: "The mosque is built of hewn stones of apparent antiquity. Its door is surmounted by a
lintel
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belonging to an ancient Christian church, in the midst of which can be made out a cross with equal branches enclosed in a circle."
In 1881, the
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's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250
. Metawileh, situated on an isolated and conspicuous hill, and surrounded by gardens, olives, and figs. There are two perennial springs a little to the south of the village."
On 24 August 1994 two members of
Hizbollah were killed in Qantara in clashes with the
South Lebanon Army.
[Middle East International No 484, 23 September 1994, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; August chronology p.14]
References
Bibliography
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External links
Qantara (Marjaayoun) Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Marjeyoun District
Populated places in Marjeyoun District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon