title: Hardine
text: # Hardine
  
  Hardîne (Arabic: حردين), sometimes written Ḩardīn, is a village in Batroun District, North Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. Notable structures include the Temple of Mercury, severely damaged by an earthquake, and several Christian churches and monasteries.
  
  ## Notable people from Hardîne
  
  * Joseph Assaf, Australian ethnic marketing executive
  * Nimatullah Kassab (1808-1858), named a saint by the Roman Catholic church
  * Benjamin of Hardin, Maronite muqaddam who fought and died in the Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)
  