Khalde

Khalde is a coastal town 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is famous as a tourist destination in the summer especially for its various beach resorts. Excavations, now covered over, show that the site has been occupied since at least the beginning of the first millennium BC. A few kilometers south of Khalde is Khan Khalde, where a major Roman-Byzantine settlement once existed. Here, two 5th and 6th century Christian basilicas were found, one built over the other. Both were paved with mosaics.