Lady Of Zahle

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Lady of Zahle (Our Lady of Zahle and the Bekaa): what it is, where it is, and what you’ll actually see

Lady of Zahle—often referred to in English sources as Our Lady of Zahle or Our Lady of Zahle and the Bekaa (Beqaa)—is a Marian shrine in Zahlé, Lebanon, set on a hill that overlooks the city and the Beqaa Valley.

Your location data matches the shrine’s placement above Zahlé:
– City: Zahlé, Lebanon
– Plus code / map reference: RWR2+CVQ, Zahlé
– Coordinates (provided): 33.8410974, 35.9022354

The landmark in one sentence

This site is defined by a 10-meter-high bronze statue of the Virgin Mary mounted on a 54-meter tower, designed to be seen from much of Zahlé and the central Beqaa Valley.

What’s on the hill

### The tower and statue (the core of the site)
Multiple sources agree on the key physical features:
– A bronze statue of the Virgin Mary approximately 10 meters tall
– A tower approximately 54 meters high supporting the statue
– The tower is described as concrete and clad in white marble (Come to Lebanon). To Lebanon

### Viewing access
The site is described as having an elevator that takes visitors up to a viewing platform, with panoramic views over Zahlé and the Beqaa Valley.

### A chapel at the base
At the base of the tower is a small chapel with seating for about 100 people (sources vary slightly in phrasing but converge on the same scale).

Location context: Zahlé and the Beqaa Valley

The shrine is explicitly described as overlooking Zahlé and the Beqaa Valley—Lebanon’s broad inland valley—making the viewpoint part of the attraction, not just the religious monument.

Some sources place it on or identify the hill as Tel Chiha (also rendered as Tel Chicha in English transliteration).

A brief, sourced timeline

Sources that provide historical context describe the shrine’s development in these terms:
– 1958: A local bishop (“Bishop Euthym” in the cited source) decided to build a shrine honoring the Virgin Mary on a hill above Zahlé.
– Work was delayed for years by the Lebanese civil war, and a grand inauguration is described as taking place in May 2005 after restoration work on the statue.

Names you’ll see online (and why they vary)

If you’re matching listings across maps, tourism sites, or reviews, this place commonly appears under several near-equivalent names:
– Our Lady of Zahle
– Our Lady of Zahle and the Bekaa / Beqaa
– Lady of Zahle (shortened form used by some guide aggregators)

These variants refer to the same hilltop shrine defined by the 10 m statue / 54 m tower combination.

What may be outdated or requires verification right now

I did not find a single authoritative, consistently maintained source for current opening hours or current phone contact across independent references.

– One travel-commerce listing includes an address description and a phone number and labels it as “ticket inquiry.” That kind of information is prone to change and should be verified before relying on it.
– Several secondary sources summarize the site, but they do not reliably publish or maintain up-to-date operational details (hours, elevator operating times, closures).