This site is located on the estuary of the Nahr el-Kalb River, 12 km from the capital and has so many important historical and natural treasures. The site of the steles of Nahr el-Kalb is developed on a rock headland or promontory, overhanging the coastline, constituted essentially of merely conglomerates and calcareous reefs, they constitute an important barrier on the North-South coastline.

So many people, over decades, have visited Nahr el-Kalb and its impressive sea cliff.
Through history, this natural site and rock headland constituted a natural barrier against invaders during times of war.
These steles, 22 in number, are carved out in their majority in the rocks and benefit from a legal protection.
They have been classified in the Index of Historical Monuments since 1937.
The most ancient ones date back to the IInd millennium BC, the most recent being the one mounted on May 24, 2000, date of the liberation of South Lebanon.

The presence of the major part of the steles on a unique spot has contributed to its preservation.
However, many of the steles were exposed to natural disaster such as erosion, pollution or savage vegetation, impact of bullets, graffiti and marks of advertisement boards. All these elements harm the area and surface of the site.

In order to restore the steles, the National Heritage Foundation elaborated a plan of work, in collaboration with the Directorate General of Antiquities and specialized commissions, which consists of:

• Rehabilitating the stairs, roads, bridges, gutters and electrical installations.
• Restoring an old house situated between the steles, installing signposts.
• Restoring, rehabilitating and lighting each stele.
• Create an information point, a cafeteria and parking.
• Establish descriptive signs: translation of the texts and computer graphic treatment of the boards (iconography and texts proposed by the DGA).

The work, undertaken since the beginning of July 2003, was achieved before November 21, 2003, fixed date for the official reopening of the site of Nahr el-Kalb, under the patronage of His Excellency, the President of the Lebanese Republic, General Emile Lahoud. Projectors will light this national treasure and on the 22 steles, one of which is the Independence stele, on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of Lebanese Independence.