Byblos

World Heritage

Lebanon

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Byblos is one of the oldest Phoenician cities, the site of several civilizations. Inhabited since the Neolithic Age, it has been linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. Byblos is also directly linked to the history and spread of the Phoenician alphabet.

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# Phoenician alphabet

Old City of Byblos

Crusader Fort

The old souk in Byblos, Lebanon

Terracotta jug from Byblos (now in the Louvre), Late Bronze Age (1600–1200 BC)

Phoenicia in late antiquity, from the Peutinger map

The Crusades-era Church of St. John-Mark in Byblos

Byblos Historic Quarter

Traditional Lebanese house overlooking the Mediterranean sea, Byblos. This house is within the antiq...

Byblos harbor by night

Byblos

Ruins at port

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Information extracted from Wikidata

elevation above sea level	10
area	5
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
RIA Novosti reference	52444112
location of creation	Byblos
KulturNav-ID	2514
IPA transcription	1865369
visitors per year	03092c
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number	52444112
topographic prominence	10430
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/017ygw
Commons category	Byblos
valid in period	standard time
inception	-8000-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(35.65 34.116666666)
located on terrain feature	Gallia Lugdunensis
official website	http://www.jbail-byblos.com/
Commons gallery	Byblos
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Byblos%20banner.jpg
described by source	Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
described by source	Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
category of associated people	Category:People from Byblos
uses	4091275-9
country	Phoenicia
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Byblos%20Libanon%202003.JPG
twinned administrative body	Patras
twinned administrative body	Cádiz
executive body	Byblos

described by source	Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
statement is subject of	Byblos 1 (Pauly-Wissowa)
statement is subject of	Biblos 2 (Pauly-Wissowa)
start time	1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	جبيل
official name	Byblos
official name	Biblos
official name	Byblos
official name	ビブロス
official name	Byblos
official name	Древний город Библ (Джубейль)
official name	比布鲁斯
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)