Baalbak, North & South Lebanon: Description, History and Touristic Guide

Acropolis Adonis Akkar altar Amyun Arab Arqa Baalbak Batrun Beaufort Castle beautiful Beirut Besharré Biqa plain built Byblus Byzantine called castle caza cedar wood cella century church Citadel climb coast columns court crusading period Damascus Damascus road decorated Deir distance district Druze east exedras Fakhreddine Fakhreddine II famous fortress Greek grotto Hasbaya Heliopolis Hermel hexagonal Homs inhabitants inscription Jabal Jazzin kilometers Lebanon Mts Litani river little town main road Mameluk Mameluk Sultan Marjayun Maronite meters Mohafazat monument Moslem mosque Nahr Naqura niches Niha northern Orontes passes Phoenician pipeline Qadisha Qalaat Qalawun Rashaya reached region remains river road goes Roman ruins rule sculpted seen Semitic Shtura side Sidon southeast Southern Lebanon stairway stones summer resort surrounded Syria temple area temple of Bacchus temple of Jupiter temple of Venus tomb tower Tripoli Tyre valley village visitor walls Zahlé