Douma:  Permanent habitat and nature host for many civilizations

 Overview:

If nature had a habitat, it would be Douma. If heritage had a title, it would be the red-roofed town.

Douma, its red brick houses and its old market, are full of memories.

Douma, an ancient scorpion-shaped village in Batroun mountainous region, was crowned a tourism town in 1969 and queen of Lebanese villages in 1996.

 Douma hosted many civilizations, each of which left behind abundant traces of its culture.

Douma is also characterized by a strategic location which made of the town a compass which guided convoys through a road known as "Al- Sham trails" or "Al Sham road”. It is a road which connects Douma to Al-Sham (Syria) via Baalbek - El Hermel, towards the coastline.

The convoys movement was accompanied by opening a market called "Al Bandr" which had a significant role in strengthening the economic life cycle in the town. Douma witnessed a remarkable social, industrial and economic rise between 1881 and 1914 Douma's golden age.

 Link :

http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/innersection/studies/Douma/douma_en.htm