Lebanon-Bsharri

The village of Bsharri


The museum of Khalil Gibran


The street of Bsharri

The house of Khalil Gibran

The interior of Gibran's house

We took a bus from Tripoli to Bsharri on Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate to visit the museum and also the house of Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), a Lebanese American artist, writer and philosopher. The museum is in a cave, formerly a monastery. After Gibran died in New York, Gibran's sister purchased the site and turned it into a museum and buried him there. Before his family moved to U.S., They lived in a single-room stone-built house at the center of Bsharri. From its only one window, we could see its interior and realize how simple the life they once led.