 Moreover, The District hosts a number of significant sites.The capital Byblos is an important historical and archaeological site boasting Phoenician, Roman, and Crusader ruins.The mountain village of Aannaya hosts the Saint Maroun-Aannaya monastery and the Catholic shrine of Saint Charbel (1828-1898), the first Lebanese saint (officially canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1977), both significant religious Maronite Christian holy sites.