Baalbek

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ancient city archaeological site

Baalbek is an ancient city in Lebanon renowned for its monumental Roman temple complex and well-preserved archaeological ruins.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
City of Baalbek 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
earliestOccupationPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
hasAncientName Heliopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heliopolis Syriaca NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction archaeological research site ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
hasNearbySite Stone of the Pregnant Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ
quarries with megalithic blocks ⓘ
hasStructure Great Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hexagonal Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman forum remains ⓘ
Temple of Bacchus Baalbek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Jupiter Baal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Venus Baalbek NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonnades ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
propylaea ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
knownFor Temple of Bacchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Temple of Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ
massive stone blocks (trilithon) ⓘ
monumental Roman temple complex ⓘ
well-preserved archaeological ruins ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalInscriptions Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Baalbek-Hermel Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beqaa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phoenicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
region Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance major Roman religious center ⓘ
sanctuary of Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchus ⓘ
underControlOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1984 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 294 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baalbek-Hermel Governorate → capital → Baalbek ⓘ
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate → contains → Baalbek ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Baalbek
Bekaa Valley → contains → Baalbek ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar → hasCathedralCity → Baalbek ⓘ
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate → hasCity → Baalbek ⓘ
Bekaa Governorate → hasCity → Baalbek ⓘ
Litani River → locatedNear → Baalbek ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar → location → Baalbek ⓘ
Qusta ibn Luqa → placeOfOrigin → Baalbek ⓘ
Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Baalbek-Deir El Ahmar → territoryIncludes → Baalbek ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Baalbek
Amboise → twinTown → Baalbek ⓘ