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Deir Mar Semaan(St Simon Hermitage)
According to local tradition, this hermitage was founded in 1112 by Takla, daughter of a Bsharreh-born priest named Basil. The site has four rooms, set into natural caves in the side of the cliff. With its vestiges of cisterns and traces of frescoes, this is an excellent example of a typical rock-cut hermitage, and shows something of the daily life of the hermits of Qadisha valley.
