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It is assumed that
this town is built on the ruins of an
old city, and the evidence is the
presence of many archaeological sites
which belong to the Roman, Byzantine and
Arabic periods which are resembled by
the stone tombs, glass and clay
potteries, coins, and skeletons
including skulls which were discovered
during plougoing or digging the soil to
build houses or stores, and thus the
discovery of the remains of a Roman
temple or castle nearby the Saidé
church, as village seniors assume,
because it is the religious duty to
build a church on the remains of an old
one for the purpose of being blessed by
it.
And it is obvious that the new church
hall was built on the ruins of the
discovered temple, which reaches nearby
houses to the west. Some of its ruins
still are found in the hall. Despite the
presence of these ruins, the ancient
history of this town remains unknown due
to the neglect of the Directorate of
Archaeology, which was noticed about it
several times.
The families that inhabited the town of
Kousaya from older to more recent are:
Kaadi, Haddad, Abdo, Beteshrani, Salame,
Yaghme, Azar, Labaki, Zgheib. There is
no doubt that Kaadi family is the first
who inhabited Kousaya and formed the
majority of the population there and
owned most of the land.
After the Turkish left the town and the
French dominated Lebanon, Kousaya became
a part of Greater Lebanon that was
announced in 1920 and belonged to the
district of Zahle, and which was the
third most populated town in that area.
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It
is obvious that Kousaya suffers from
immigration, which ceased its growth
and prosperity, and thus nowadays
there are around 100 houses and not
more than 500 people living in it.
Despite the lack of its population, it
enjoys stability due to its
residents’ fervor, which stayed
together during hard times. It does
not appreciate aggression, neither
dread; it is a part of the country and
despises religious differentiation.
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Major
Cities - Koussaya