Safra, Lebanon

Safra, Lebanon

Al Safra is a little town and village of the Caza of Kesrouan in Lebanon. It is a medieval village, perched in a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the "Ibrahim River" and the Mediterranean Sea in the former 'District of Jounieh'.


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