The cross was built near a church dating back to 1898 on a land belonging to the Lebanese Maronite Order.

[1] It was built by the Maronite Church and an organization of French Catholics the "Association Terre de Dieu" led by the brothers Jesus and Francois Ibanez..

In Lebanon the feast is celebrated each year in Christian towns and cities with crowded processions during which people carry torches and visit mountain tops where they plant crosses, hold prayer services and start bonfires.

Work on the monument started on 25 November 2008 and was done on 27 June 2010 and cost around 1.5 million USD mainly acquired through donations.

[2][3][5] The cross is equipped with one ladder that allow visitors to access a 300 square metres (3,200 sq ft) platform located at its vertical beam.