عنجروبعلبكAanjar& Baalbeck      

In the Beqa'a valley is Aanjar,Lebanon's only remaining walled city ,some 58 km from Beirut. The stones and carving were brought to this spot by decree of the Omayyad Caliph al-Walid in the early 8th century AD.The ruins of the restored palaces,markets, bath colonnade streets and walls recall the days of the Moslem suzerains who spread their influence from Damascus to Spain and India.

Aanjarof the Beka'a Valley. is an ancient city situated in the heart

عنجر في البقاعAanjar is an ancient city situated in the heart of the Beka'a Valley.

Baalbeck

The Acropolis of Baalbeck, in the Beqaa valley 85 kilometers from Beirut, is the largest and best preserved corpus of Roman architecture left to us. Its temples, dedicated to Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus, were built in the second and third centuries A.D. The ruins present a majestic ensemble: two temples, two courtyards preceded by propylaea (ceremonial entrances) and a boundary wall upon which Arab architecture has left its traces. Six immense columns still soar upwards from the place where the Temple of Jupiter once stood. Caravans in the Beqaa : The granary of ancient Rome this great fertile plateau, 176 km long and 15 km wide, was in times past a route for caravans from the east and north. Traces have been found of the many people who have passed here. Some merely came through- Egyptians, Hittites, Persians, crusading Franks.Other lingered- the Greeks Romans and Byzantine- While some, like the Arabs, settled down.

Baalbeck (the Heliopolis)It's name means 'The House of Baal.' Baal was the ancient god that was the father of all gods. He was later adopted by the Greeks and while some say he was the father of Zeus, he was more likely Zeus himself. Under Greek rule, Baalbak was renamed Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. Under Roman rule, the temples of Jupiter, Bacchus, and Venus dominated. Baalbak is the largest preserved Roman ruins in the world.

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My wife and I in Baalbeck.

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Bacchus &Jupiter

View of Baalbeck outside the castle.

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