Change and Reform Ministers: I Voted for Jeita Grotto
Ministers loyal to Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun entered the cabinet session at Baabda palace on Wednesday wearing t-shirts in support of Jeita Grotto’s bid to become a new natural wonder.
The t-shirts read: “I voted for Jeita Grotto.”
The natural site is a candidate for the new Seven Natural Wonders competition.
The initiative, organized by the New7Wonders Foundation, started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll.
Jeita Grotto is a set of interconnected limestone caves. A river runs through the two caves referred to as the lower cave and the upper galleries. The grotto is the longest cave complex in the Middle East with a height difference of 305 meters.
The longest stalactite in the world is found in the grotto’s White Chamber.
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