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ANFEH- NORTH LEBANON

Anfeh is a town in the northern governorate of Lebanon and is known to many as “Little Greece” due to the small coves with blue and white chalets that dot its coast. Located along a 400-meter-long peninsula, the archaeological site of Anfeh was an ancient coastal town, once used by Phoenicians as a shipyard. Remains from at least 3,000 years of human occupation lie tangled among the myrtle and brambles of these 400 meters long and 120m wide peninsula. It is partially separated from the land by two great trenches-dug into the bedrock during the Crusader period. While Anfeh has witnessed only minor excavation, Phoenician and Roman walls, wine presses, mosaic floors, and two seventh-century-A.D. chapels lie bare beneath the intense sun and wind. This lovely seaside fishing town is known for its ancient churches and caves. Anfeh was conquered by the Assyrian army in the 7th century B.C., when it was known as "Anpa". The remains of subsequent settlements include dwelling caves, places of worship, cisterns, water tanks and wine presses, as well as steps and roads all carved in the rock. One ancient quarry, known as the Great Trench, was used by the Phoenicians as a dry dock; The Phoenicians used the place as a shipyard for the construction of their vessels, as it was a strategic point on the Mediterranean coast. The Anfeh peninsula was once a mighty fortress area, including the Crusader castle of Nephin, Anfeh entered its glory days during the Medieval era, and most of the archaeological and historical monuments that can be seen today date from this period. Around the 13th century. Today's village of Anfeh is built around the ruins of several short-lived cities going back to the pre-Phoenician period. Natural dwelling caves abound on the surrounding hill of Al-Gheer; the original city lies on a small near-island about half a kilometer into the sea. Its outstanding feature is that it is the only town throughout the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to be carved out of its rocky surroundings. Some of the carvings go all the way back to the Phoenician period, and possibly earlier, as witness to the fact that the name of Anfeh appears in the Tell-Amarna tablets of ancient Egypt. Today Anfeh is also known for its salt production. Its famous salt marshes can be admired on the grounds of Our Lady Saydet El Natour Convent in the far north of the town. As an extension of the sea, sparkling with a thousand lights, these traditional structures mark the landscape with a beauty of their own. Nothing is more pleasant than to walk around Anfeh to discover the town’s hidden gems, including Our Lady of the Wind Church, with its recently restored 12th-century paintings, the impressive remains of the crossed citadel, destroyed by the Mamluks, Saint Catherine church built during the Crusades, Saint Simeon and the Archangel Gabriel built next to the Church of Saint Catherine in this 18th-century …