Jounieh or Junia is a coastal
city about 16 km (10 mi) north of Beirut, Lebanon. Jounieh is known
for its seaside resorts and bustling nightlife, as well as its old stone souk,
ferry port, and cablecar, which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine
of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa. Above Jounieh, and on the way to Harissa, a
small hill named Bkerké or Bkerki, overlooking the Jounieh bay, is the
seat of the Patriarch of the
