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(Roman Temple
56 km)
Take the
road to Baalbeck and just before the town turn left toward
Chlifa. (along this road is the isolated column of Iaat)
About two kilometers past Chlifa you will have to park the car
and climb up to the Roman temple, situated on a rocky
tableland. Look for the site of a new church from where a
passable track goes up the hill. At the end of the track hike
along the path for about twenty minutes. |
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The top of the hill is full of cisterns, tanks, platforms,
rooms and steps, all hewn from solid rock in Greco-Roman times
or earlier. This solid-looking temple structure was used as a
fortress long after Roman days. A Latin inscription can be
seen inside, although it is almost impossible to read. About a
hundred meters before the temple and a little to the southeast
are two circular high places of ancient Semitic worship. |
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