(Mixed Ancient
Remains and a Lute Maker 80 km)
Take the
road north of Baalbeck, turning right at the sign for Ras
Baalbeck. This is a good-sized town built along what
looks like a dry riverbed. In fact, this watercourse is what
saves the village from floods caused by winter rains and
melting snow.
On your left as you approach the village
are the modest, but historically interesting ruins of a
Byzantine church built on and from the remains of an earlier
Roman temple.
Today's Ras Baalbech was the former
Byzantine "Conna" mentioned in the official
documents of the Council of Chalcedon.
Another church, still in use and located in
the village itself, is made with materials from a Roman
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