Baskinta is also known for the variety of its fruit especially apples and vineyards.The residents are Christians: 70% Maronites and 30% Greek Orthodox.
The battle of Amioun devotes the independence of the first Lebanese state Maronite, with for Baskinta capital.
The Cross of All Nations is a monumental cross located in Qanat Bakish, a locality close to the Lebanese town of Baskinta.
In 1796, seen the impossibility to obtain a disciplinary reform of the monastic orders, Ignatius Sarrouf founded a own monastic order, the Order of Saint Simeon Stylites near Baskinta.
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