estates. He took loans from the wealthy Tripolitans, to loan the Aghas of Danniyeh. Then came a time when the Aghas were unable to pay their debts in cash, so they paid it with land and estates. It is at the origin of the Bchenneta plantation. Assad Beik Karam, from Ehden, bought it. The Meziarians bought it from him, to use as a summer residence. Yousef Elias Khoury ordered every inhabitant of Miziara to fill a bag of acorns from the Oak trees of Bchenneta and plant it around Miziara. He specified every Sunday of every season, the feast of planting acorns around Miziara. From those feasts, Miziara was surrounded with an Oak Forest. The Meziarian emigrants were very successful also and started soon to pick up the fruit of their labor. But their thoughts and hearts were always in Miziara, which was a plantation and they were workable partners in it. One of their worries was to turn Miziara into the most beautiful village in Lebanon. Administration and public facilities In Miziara, there is, Hotel Miziara a 21-room boutique hotel a police station, a post office, a telephone communication center, the Municipality and House of Executives and the Miziara Charity Health Clinic (with permanent doctors). a social, cultural & sportive club: Club de la JEUNESSE de MIZIARA Saints days The feasts are, Saint Rita on May 22, Saint Charbel on the 3rd Sunday of July, Saint Elias on July 20 Our Lady of Meziara on August 15, Our Lady, Mother of Mercies on September 6, Saint Moura on September 25, Saints Sarkis & Bakhos on the 3rd Sunday of September. Our Lady of Miziara Our Lady of Miziara, Mother of Mercies, is a Marian shrine which consists of a statue of the Virgin Mary that stands at the entrance of the village. Marcel Chaghoury, a native of Miziara, built the shrine in 1979. It was consecrated by Bishop Antoine Jbeir on September 6, 1992. The entrance to the shrine is guarded by two angels carved from limestone. The shrine also includes sculptural representation of Christ's Baptism, Wedding at Cana, and the Last Supper. Agriculture Agricultural production: Apple, Pears, Grapes and assorted grains for the people’s use. The most important river is El-Aam river. References External links Miziara - Harf - Hmaiss - Sakhra, Localiban http://www.miziara.com/ (not working) https://web.archive.org/web/20021123111157/http://www.miziara.net/ (not working) Official Website of Miziara Municipality (not working) Ehden Family