Baalbek

World Heritage

Lebanon

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This Phoenician city, dedicated to a trinity of gods, was known as Heliopolis during the Hellenistic period. It retained its religious function during the Roman period, when the Temple of Jupiter Heliopolis attracted thousands of pilgrims. Baalbek has monumental buildings and is one of the finest examples of Roman Empire architecture at its height.

Baalbek & environs, c. 1856

Corinthian capitals in Baalbek

Corinthian capitals ornamenting the Temple of Bacchus

A 1921 bird's eye view reconstruction of the Baalbek temple complex, according to the 1901-1904 Germ...

An 1873 German map of Asia Minor & Syria, with relief illustrating the Beqaa (El Bekaa) valley

An installation displaying 'I ♥ Baalbeck'

The largest stone at Baalbek, uncovered in 2014

The probable remains of a medieval mosque in front of some of the Mamluk fortifications

A detail from a 1911 map of Turkey in Asia, showing Baalbek's former rail connections

The ruins of a Baalbek mosque c. 1900

Roman Heliopolis and its surroundings in the 2nd and 3rd centuries

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Information extracted from Wikidata

uses	4086176-4
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Temple%20of%20Bacchus.jpg
twinned administrative body	Qom
start time	2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
twinned administrative body	Isfahan
executive body	Baalbek
location of creation	Baalbek
WOEID	1960257
IPA transcription	1844226
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number	52444112
number of rooms	lccn-n81069046
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0fylc
Commons category	Baalbek
inception	1000-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(36.208611111 34.006111111)
topic's main category	Category:Baalbek
Commons gallery	Baalbek
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baalbek%20banner.jpg
population	24000
WOEID	1960257
statement is subject of	abrigo central del Estrecho de Santonje
described by source	Ottův slovník naučný
described by source	Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
statement is subject of	daylight saving time
category for people born here	Gobyoyama Kofun
category for people who died here	João Frederico Ludovice
elevation above sea level	1170
area	37.42
RIA Novosti reference	52444112

described by source	Amsterdam
statement is subject of	Truus Schröder-Schräder
described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Baal`bek