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Bechouat (also Beshouat) () is a Lebanese village in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. The village is famous for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bechouat, a Marian shrine and the site of Christian pilgrimage. Divine miracles have been reported and attributed to Our Lady of Bechouat.

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دير الأحمر
Region
محافظة بعلبك الهرمل
Country
لبنان

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Bechouat (also Beshouat) () is a Lebanese village in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. The village is famous for the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bechouat, a Marian shrine and the site of Christian pilgrimage. Divine miracles have been reported and attributed to Our Lady of Bechouat.

The people of Bechouat are Lebanese and followers of the Maronite Catholic Church. The ancestors of the inhabitants of the village came to Bechouat from Bsharri at the beginning of the 17th century.

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