| TO SEE IN LEBANON - Anjar - |
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Unlike other historical sites in Lebanon, Anjar
portrays exclusively the Umayyad period. Therefore, it is relatively a new comer
since other lebanese sites were founded millenia ago. |
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Walid the First was believed to have built the city between
705 and 715 AD but it wasn't until 1943, that the Lebanese General Directorate
of Antiquities visited the Bekaa Valley and discovered Anjar and its archeological
remains.
Anjar is nowadays more than ever a park - like setting stretching to 114.000 square
meters of restored monuments. |
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THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF ANJAR : |
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The
Great Palace was the first monument exvacated in 1949 and one wall
and several arcades of it have been reconstructed.
North to the Palace are the
remains of the Mosque (measuring 45 x 32 meters) which had two
public entrances and a private one for the caliph.
The little Palace
is rich in motifs borrowed from the Greco-Roman tradition. This monument has kept
its original state and visitors can still see the ancient stones carvings.
The public bath with
the three classical sections of the Roman bath: a large changing room also used
for social interaction and three rooms for cold, warm and hot water. |
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Two main streets led to ancient site : Cardo Maximus ans Documanus flanked by
shops. 58 kilometers from Beirut, anjar merits your visit. |
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