Tannourine

Tannourine is a Lebanese municipality located in the Batroun District, part of the Mohafazah Governorate of North-Lebanon, 75 km from the capital Beirut. Tannourine’s name stems from the town's geography, which resemble the convex form of an oven called the tannoor. The "ine" might be in percentage to the presence of 2 regions that make up this metropolis, the Lower Tannourine and the upper Tannourine areas, From here immigrated the Lebanese politician to Colombia Jose Antonio Turbay Jorge because of the Ottoman Empire and being a 2nd-level cousin of the former president of Colombia Julio Cesar Turbay.

The Nahr-Al-Joze the Joze being a species of trout that grows in the valley river serpents through the valley and borders a number of Lebanese Restaurants, and creates a jungle-like atmosphere higher up closer to the supply. Likewise, the river has fashioned some of herbal pools of stagnant clear water that may be explored higher up closer to the supply. Tannourine is widely known for its historic Maronite monasteries; particularly the convents of Saint Shallitah and Saint Antonios Houb, the latter being positioned inside the village of Wata Houb. Also, many of the rocky outcrops of Tannourine-Al-Tahta is placed an historical 500-year-old Lebanese house, believed to be one of the earliest examples of Lebanese structure.