(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Photo feature by Ayoub Khaddaj CHOUF, Mount Lebanon, Oct 23 (KUNA) -- The Fortress of Niha is an old fortress in Lebanon, which has been first mentioned in 975 AD.
It is located in the municipality of Niha Chouf in Lebanon, and is today visited by numerous tourists as cultural heritage in the Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve.
Carved into the rock of a cliff overlooking the Bisri and Aray valley, the Fortress of Niha has been monitoring the road between Sidon and the Beqaa valley.
Shaped like a cave over a hundred meters deep, the fortress features chambers and rooms which were dug in order to shelter the soldiers and as depots for domestic work.(end).
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