AMIOUN: The Old Town, The Capital of Koura, The Historical Churches, The Vibrant City

Up north, this town may just be one of the oldest towns in the interior of Lebanon. It is Amioun, the capital of the Koura district, located on a chain of beautiful hills, at 18 km from Tripoli and about 42 km from the Cedars of God.
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أميون: البلدة القديمة ، عاصمة الكورة ، الكنائس التاريخية ، المدينة النابضة بالحياة
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Amioun (Arabic: أميون‎, romanized: Amyūn, Greek: Αμιούν) is the capital of the predominantly Greek Orthodox Koura District (i.e. χώρα, "country" in Greek) in the north of Lebanon.

The town of Amioun derives its name from the Aramaic language, meaning "'am Yawan" "place of the Greeks", with a possible alternative root fortified town. Amioun is located on the top of an ancient hill dating back to before the 2nd millennium B.C., and the town was called "Amia" during this period. The word Amia was cited in the letters of Tell el Amarna, which were sent in the 14th century B.C. by local governors to their overlords, the pharaohs of Egypt. In his etymological study of the names of Lebanon's towns and villages, historian Anis Freiha asserted that Amia is in turn derived from the Semitic word emun, meaning "invincible fort".
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Located in the heart of Northern Lebanon, Amioun is the administrative center of Koura District. Amioun is about 370 meters (1083 feet) above sea level and approximately 78 kilometers away (48.5 miles) north-northeast of Beirut. It is about 42 kilometers (26 miles) away from the Cedars of God and 18 kilometers (11 miles) away from Tripoli, capital of the North Governorate.

Situated between the sea and the mountains, on a chain of beautiful hills that stretch from east to west, Amioun has a distinctive location and a scenic view. Surrounding the hills on which Amioun is situated are olive fields in the north and vineyards, almond orchards, and olive trees in the south. Paved roads, including the Beirut-Cedars main highway, run through those hills. Long ago, when the houses that stretched on those hills were few, Amioun was called “the town of beautiful hills”. Amioun can be reached via the highway that passes through Byblos, Batroun, Chekka, and Kfarhazir. It can also be reached from Tripoli by way of Bohssas, Dahr-al-Ain, Aaba, and Bishmizzine.

Amioun is also known for its olive trees, which are possibly the oldest in the world, and high grade olive oil.
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Historical monuments:
One of the main characteristics of Amioun is the substantial number of churches. On the thirteen buildings of the city, the two most important, from a historical perspective, are the Cathedral Saint Georges El Dahleez, which was built on the ruins of an ancient Pagan temple, and the Chapel Saint Phocas. In reality, these sites date from different periods: in the Phoenician period for the stony belt known under the name of El Sheer, on which the church Saint John is perched, in the Roman period for the Saint Marina cave and the Crusades period for the Saint Phocas chapel. Finally, Amioun has many schools, a library, five banks and a private hospital.
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