Faitroun
Faitroun (Arabic: فيطرون; also spelled Faytroun) is a town in the Keserwan District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate.Located 33 kilometers north of Beirut and at an average altitude of 1,200 meters above sea level and its total land area of 743 hectares.[3] Some of the main attractions in the town are the Church of Saint George, which was built in the 18th century and the ancient citadel with wells.[3] According to the 17th-century historian and Maronite patriarch Istifan al-Duwayhi, Faitroun was settled by Sunni Muslims from the Beqaa Valley in the 16th century.[5] In 1838, Eli Smith noted Feitirun as a village located in "Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites".
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