The appeal highlights the threat to the citadel of Baalbek, which houses a renowned ancient temple complex BEIRUT, November 8. /TASS/. Over 100 members of the Lebanese parliament have signed an ...

It retained its religious function during Roman times, when the sanctuary of the Heliopolitan Jupiter attracted thousands of pilgrims. Baalbek, with its colossal structures, is one of the finest ...

In 1898, during his second journey to the Orient, which wasn’t without its critics within the Empire, Wilhelm also stopped off in Baalbek. The Lebanon Railway was the Emperor’s ... hang a few metres ...