Baskinta is known for its richness with its Religious places, some of them date for years ago, thus last weekend on the 4th of August 2007, all the Beskentiots celebrate the 100 years of St, Marie churches in the village.

Among the interested facts while visiting the town is to know the history behind the names that were given to the village and different places found there, for this purpose we chose to mention about different places that were and still existent till date. All data provided here is collected from available historical books.

Sannine & Qanat Bakich                                               

San and Nine were the gods of ancient people who lived in Baskinta before Christ, from those two gods comes the name of Mount Sannine which is about 2680 m of altitude. This well known area was rich with Cedar trees that covered it during the Phoenician era; Nowadays this mountain is well visited for its mild climate, wonderful summer and its marvelous view that allows you to see Cyprus island from the top. As for Qanat Bakich, its name sows that it is a very old one related to  Backhaus  the Romanian god of wine, it is situated down to right of Sannine and well known for its numerous water fountains.

Wadi el Jamajem

It got its name from a war that happened in 1290 A.C, this war occurred between Christian people against Arabian troupes that invaded Lebanese mountains at that time. And it is said that during this period around 17000 men died in the valley so from there it got its name the Wady El Jamajem or the skeleton valley.   As it is one of the deepest valleys in Lebanon. Many old icons were found in and they belong to year 1025. 

Baskinta is a syriak word that mean the house of wisdom. It was built by the maronites who lived in since 679 a.c. and was their strategic monarchy from where they defeated any one that wanted to attack them. Being surround by natural walls (Sannine from the East, Backich and Marj from the north, Zaarour from the South and it is opened to a valley to the west), made of it a geographical fortress, until a massacre occurred in 1292 where all of the town original citizens were murdered by the Arabian troupes, and it was until the Ottoman empire that many Christian citizens started to come back to town.

retreived from baskinta website

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