Cultural Places in Lebanon from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Lebanon contain cultural and historic places tagged by volunteers. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage sites for protection based on `historic` and `heritage` tags.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and galleries based on `tourism` tags.
• Identify locations of places of worship for demographic or urban studies based on `amenity` tags.
• Create cultural tourism guides and applications based on the aggregated point-of-interest data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:22:33.955361; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lebanon