Saints Peter and Paul ruined chapel

This chapel is located in the middle of the wooded area located to the west of the Roman sanctuary, below the Saint Elias chapel. According to the historian Georges Asaker, it is a double chapel of which only the north nave remains. The total volume of this is 14.90 m long by 7.65 m wide. Its plan has suffered several deformations, particularly at its northeast corner, due to ground movements including slight landslides due to its position embedded in the slope of the hill overlooking the ancient site. The average thickness of its walls is 1.20 m. These walls, built with medium-sized blocks, are preserved at a height of 2-2.50 m on the. A door which opens on the western side of its southern wall gives access to the interior of its nave. The two blocks which form the lintels of this door are still preserved. The one on the interior side is still in situ, while the second, originally located on the external wall side and bearing an incised wire cross, lies on the ground. The interior of the chapel’s nave, littered with fallen blocks and rubbles from resulting from the roof collapse, is 10 m long by 5 m wide. This nave ends on the eastern side with an apse 4 m wide and 1.65 m deep. The volume of its conch, masoned with small blocks, is partially preserved. As for the supposed second nave, no current trace of its boundary can currently be identified, while Asaker mentioned that only one course remained by the time he visited the church. However, the overhang of the southern wall at the apse level towards the south could indicate the presence of an annexed volume which would be that of the second nave.

• Route : Maronite major spiritual
• Village : Mghayreh