Kaitouly

Kaitouly (also, Kaitouli, Qaytouli. Arabic:" قيتولي" مصيف الآلهة) is a village in the Jezzine District of South Governorate in Lebanon. Kaitouly is about 72 km from the capital Beirut.

Etymology
Kaitouly come from a Syriac word which means "Gods residence".

Monuments
Monuments in Kaitouly include Mar Mikhael (Saint Michael) ancient church (built around 1811), heritage houses, an old press, ruins of an old press, and that of old mills.

Natural attractions
A visitor to the area can find human traces in the nature such as coal quarries and mines, and purely natural spots including the Mar Gergess (Saint George) spring, the Al-Houwwa (Arabic for pit) in the area of Dahr Al-Makla'a, and the pine woods dispersed around the village.

Notable figures

 * Ounsi el-Hajj - Poet
 * Hector Hajjar - Minister of Social Affairs

Developmental projects
Of the developmental projects that are helping Kaitouly:
 * The UNDP GEF Carob Project
 * The Baladi Program chocolate production workshop funded by the USAID

Geology
From a geological point of view, the land of Kaitouly is principally made of sediments that originate from the event of the formation of the Mount Lebanon where parts of the crust was raised from below the Mediterranean Sea to elevations reaching 3,088 m at the Qurnat as Sawda'.