Beirut's First Cache Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Knagur Green: Due to no response from the CO after the request to maintain or replace the cache, I am archiving it to, stop it showing on the listings and/or to create place for the geocaching community.

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Knagur Green
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A cache by CF1 Message this owner
Hidden : 9/1/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Short Description:
The cache is a Nano with just a logbook. Bring a pen with you. There is just space to write the date of your find and to sign it with your user name. Once you grab the cache, you can go and sit on one of the benches near the chapel of “Al Nouriye” to log your find. Don’t do it at the location itself, you might look suspicious as there is security guards in the vicinity.

BEIRUT: (Wikipedia)
Beirut's history goes back more than 5000 years. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, its antiquity is indicated by its name, derived from the Canaanite be'erot ("wells"), referring to the underground water table that is still tapped by the local inhabitants for general use. Excavations in the downtown area have unearthed layers of Phoenician, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusader and Ottoman remains. The first historical reference to Beirut dates from the 14th century BC, when it is mentioned in the cuneiform] tablets of the Amarna letters, three letters that Ammunira of Biruta (Beirut) sent to the pharaoh of Egypt. Biruta is also referenced in the letters from Rib-Hadda, king of Byblos. The oldest settlement was on an island in the river that progressively silted up. The city was known in antiquity as Berytus. This name was taken in 1934 for the archaeological journal published by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut.
 
Geography (Wikipedia)
Beirut sits on a peninsula extending westward into the Mediterranean Sea about half way from North to South. It is flanked by the Lebanon Mountains and has taken on a triangular shape, largely influenced by its situation between and atop two hills: Al-Ashrafieh and Al-Musaytibah. The Beirut Governorate occupies 18 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi), and the city's metropolitan area 67 square kilometres (26 sq mi). The coast is rather diverse, with rocky beaches, sandy shores and cliffs situated beside one another.

Climate: (Wikipedia)
Beirut has a Mediterranean climate characterized by warm days and nights, yet summers can be virtually rainless. Autumn and spring are cool with rainy winters. August is considered the only really hot month, with a monthly average high temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), and January and February are the coldest months, with a monthly average low temperature of 11 °C (52 °F). The prevailing wind during the afternoon and evening is from the west (onshore, blowing in from the Mediterranean); at night it reverses to offshore, blowing from the land out to sea.

The average annual rainfall is 901 millimeters (35.5 in), with the majority falling in winter, autumn and spring. Much of the autumn and spring rain falls in heavy downpours on a limited number of days, but in winter it is spread more evenly over a large number of days. Summer receives very little rainfall, if any. Snow is rare. Large snowstorms, however, occurred in 1920, 1942 and 1950.
 
How to reach it:
There are many routings to reach the cache, the 2 main ones are:
  1. From Amir Bashir Str. Down through Maarad Str. until you reach Nejmeh Square (Clock Tower)
  2. From Weygand Str. up through Ahdab Str. or Al Omari Mosque Str. To the Nejmeh Square.
After finding the cache you can go and visit the small museum located under St. George Cathedral. It is open from 10:00 AM till 18:00. Entrance fee is 5000L.L (less than 4$) it’s very interesting to see the different layers of the city of Beirut. One layer shows when the city was destroyed but Tsunami another one shows the destruction of the city by the fires, etc…
 
Content:
  1. strip Logbook
 
IMPORTANT:
- There is no pen so please bring with you a pen to sign and date the logbook
- As often in a city and between houses, the GPS can give an exemption!
-  Try to log your visit as unseen as possible!
- This public area where the cache is placed is open between 9 AM and 7 PM only
 

ATTENTION!!!!!!
PLEASE BE VERY CAREFULL FROM PASSERS BY OR THE GUARDS OF THE NEAR BY CHAPEL.

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