BEIT MERY (BETH MORYO), Tur Levnon —The Monastery of Saint John the Baptist (Mor Yuhanon) at al-Qalaa in Beit Mery, administered by the Syriac Maronite Antonine Order, stands on a site whose history reaches from ancient Phoenician worship through the Roman and Byzantine periods to the Christian monastic tradition that continues there today. Archaeological remains at Deir al-Qalaa include the ruins of a major Roman sanctuary associated with the god of dancing Baal Marqod, as well as a Byzantine church and mosaics.