Balamand Monastery

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Balamand Monastery (1921)
Balamand Monastery (1921)

The Balamand Monastery (historically called Belmont, Bellimontis ultra Mare or Bellus-Mons), is a Greek Orthodox Cistercian monastery founded in 1157 in Balamand near Tripoli.

[edit] References

  • Louis J. Lekai: The Cistercians: Ideals and Reality, Kent State University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-87338-201-3.
Balamand Monastery floor plan (1921)
Balamand Monastery floor plan (1921)

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