Marmarita is a village that is more than 500 years old. The history of the modern village of Marmarita traces back to the early 17th century. Most of the village's earliest inhabitants had immigrated from Lebanon and Hauran. It has buildings built as early as the late 17th century, but studies have suggested that the village was destroyed sometime in the 6th century by a powerful volcanic eruption. It has been also suggested that Phoenicians have lived in this village
