Libano, un paese da conoscere!

Nello Rega

In queste poche righe credo si possa riassumere il Libano.

Un Paese dalla mille contraddizioni ma anche dalle mille bellezze!!! Un paese da conoscere!

  1. The name LEBANON appears 75 times in the Old Testament
  2. The name CEDAR (Lebanon’s tree) appears 73 times too in the OldTestament!!
  3. Beirut was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times (this is why it’s compared to The Phoenix).
  4. There are 4.5 Million Lebanese in Lebanon
  5. There are around 16 Million Lebanese outside Lebanon!
  6. Lebanon, the country, was occupied by over 16 countries:>Egyptians-Babylonians- Persians- Alexander the great – the Roman Empire Byzantine- the Arabian Peninsula-The Crusaders- the Ottoman Empire- Britain-France- Israel- Syria.
  7. Byblos (city in Lebanon) is the oldest, continuously living city in the world.
  8. Lebanon’s name has been around for 4,000 yrs non- stop (it’s the oldest country/ nation’s name in the world!)
  9. Lebanon is the only country in the neighborhood that doesn’t have a desert.
  10. There are 15 rivers in Lebanon (all of them coming from its own mountains)
  11. Lebanon is one of the most populated countries in its archaeological sites, in the world!!!
  12.  The first alphabet was created in Byblos (city in Lebanon)
  13. The only remaining temple of Jupiter (the main Roman god) is in Baalbeck, Lebanon (The City of the Sun)
  14. The name of BYBLOS comes from the BIBLE!!!
  15. Lebanon is the country that has the most books written about it.
  16. Lebanon is the only non-dictatorial country in the Arab-speaking world (it has a President!)
  17. According to Christianity, Jesus Christ made his 1st miracle in Lebanon, in Cana (The miracle of turning water into wine).
  18. The Phoenicians (Original People of Lebanon) built the 1st boat, and they were the first to sail ever!
  19. Phoenicians also reached America long before Christopher Columbus did.
  20. The 1st law school in the world was built in Lebanon, in Downtown Beirut.
  21. The Declaration of Human Rights was wrote by Dr. Charles Malek.
  22. The Prophet (Gibran Khalil Gibran) is consistently in the bestselling category (overall) at Amazon!
  23. People say that the cedars were planted by God’s own hands, and it’s a FACT (This is why they’re called “The Cedars of God”, and this is why Lebanon is called “God’s Country on Earth”.