Bechouat
Bechouat (also Beshouat) (Arabic: بشوات) is a Lebanese village in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.The village is famous for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bechouat, a Marian shrine and the site of Christian pilgrimage.The Church of Our Lady of Bechouat was built over the ruins of a Roman temple in the 18th century.[1] Archeological artifacts, such as jars and pottery, have been found in Bechouat’s funerary caves and rock-cut tombs.A votive stone altar with representations of the Heliopolitan Triad was also found in the village.