| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year Taken |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos
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The Harbour from where cedars were exported around the Mediterranean.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos
|
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Pepe's Fishing Club.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos
|
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Two women by the harbour.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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The entrance to the Crusader Castle.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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The entry bridge.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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The castle was built using stone from the Roman city.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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The castle consists of a central building plus several towers.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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The tallest tower.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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Vaulted chamber.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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The inner region.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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Stone from the Roman city including columns in the walls.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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The castle dates from the 12th century.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View of the beach from the castle.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View of the Phoenician harbour.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
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View of the town over the castle.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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The Church of John The Baptist.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View of the old Roman road, now a wide avenue.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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The castle is surrounded by an archeological site.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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The archeological site covers many historical periods of Byblos.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View of the sea and archeological site from the castle.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View inland.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos Site / Event : Crusader Castle
|
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View to Beirut in the distance.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Crusader Castle dominates the archeological zone which covers many periods of Byblos history.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The buttressed ramparts date from the 3rd millennium BCE.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of Baalat-Gebal
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The Temple of Baalat-Gebal was founded in 3000 BCE.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of Baalat-Gebal
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The Temple of Baalat-Gebal continued to be used until Roman times.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Roman colonaded street was the approach to the Temple of Baalat-Gebel when it was dedicated to Aphrodite.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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View of the Roman colonade at the original height of the pre-excavated mound.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Royal Tombs
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One of the nine Royal Tombs dating from the 2nd millennium BCE.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Royal Tombs
|
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Phoenician sarcophagus.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Royal Tombs
|
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The Royal Tombs were hewn out of solid rock.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Royal Tombs
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Black and white sarcophagus.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Royal Tombs
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The Royal Tomb shafts lead to tunnels where the sarcophagi were placed.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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Human figure.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Roman Theatre
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The Roman Theatre dates from 218.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Roman Theatre
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The Roman Theatre has unique porticos decorating the stage.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Roman Theatre
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The Roman Theatre overlooks the sea.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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Stone age settlement.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Ottoman house is the only remaining building from the village that once covered the archeological site.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Great Residence is a 3rd millennium BCE bronze age settlement consisting of several rooms enclosed by a wall.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The King's Well is a spring that remained in use until 1936.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Roman Nymphenium.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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Temple dating from the 3rd millennium BCE to an unknown deity.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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Ramparts from the 3rd millennium BCE.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of the Obelisks
|
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The Temple of the Obelisks.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of the Obelisks
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The temple was built by the Amorites.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of the Obelisks
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The obelisks are offerings to the god of war, Reshef.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site Site / Event : Temple of the Obelisks
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The temple was built in the 2nd millennium BCE on the site of an earlier temple.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Phoenician ramparts date from the 1st millennium BCE.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The Achaemenid Persian fort.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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Byzantine oil press.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
City / Town : Byblos District : Archeological Site
|
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The stone Byzantine oil press and the container to receive the oil.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley
|
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The Bekaa Valley from the Lebanon Hills.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley
|
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The Bekaa Valley.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Small mosque in the fields near Aanjar.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The archeological site of Aanjar.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Cardo Maximus is the main street.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Aanjar sits near the Anti-Lebanon range of hills 5km from the border with Syria.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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A row of shops.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Bath house.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Aanjar is the only Ummayad site in Lebanon.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Byzantine style arches.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Column decoration.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The site dates from the 8th century.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Shop.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Carving in the stone work.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Arches and shops.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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Ummayad stone work.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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View of the Great Palace.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Great Palace is the largest structure at Aanjar.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Great Palace was the residence of Ummayad Caliph Walid I (died 715).
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Great Palace interior.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Great Palace has two storeys.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The site is extensive.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Little Palace.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Tetrapylon is the centre of the site.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley Site / Event : Aanjar
|
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The Tetrapylon (detail).
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
|
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Chateau Ksara is one of several wineries in the Christian region of Zehle.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
|
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The chateau garden.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
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The winery has been in operation since 1857.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
|
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Wine press.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
|
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Small bar at the winery.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
|
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The 2km caves used for storing the wine.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Zehle Site / Event : Chateau Ksara
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Selection of wines.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek
|
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The Shia mosque in Baalbek, a Shia Muslim town in the northern Bekaa.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek
|
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The minarets of the Shia mosque.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek
|
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The blue tiled Shia mosque is run by Hezbollah.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek
|
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An uncompleted monolith at the Roman Quarry is 21.5m long and weighs 1000 tonnes.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek
|
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The Temple complex at Baalbek dates from Phoenician times.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Propylaea
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The Propylaea at the entrance to the site.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Propylaea
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The Propylaea is the Monumental Entrance to the temple compex.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Propylaea
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The complex is mainly Roman.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Hexagonal Court
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The Hexagonal Court.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Hexagonal Court
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The court with later Arab additions.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Hexagonal Court
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Decorated stonework.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Hexagonal Court
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Mamluk additions to the court.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Hexagonal Court
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Decorated stonework pieces are scattered around the site.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Great Court
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The Great Court.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Great Court
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The Great Court is the largest part of the complex.
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2015 |
| Lebanon |
Region : Bekaa Valley City / Town : Baalbek Site / Event : Great Court
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The court was the site of animal sacrifices.
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2015 |