Baalbek
Baalbek (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις; Arabic: بعلبك / ALA-LC: Ba‘albak; Phoenicie: בעלבכ, Baalbak) is a toun in the Beqaa Valley o Lebanon situatit east o the Litani River.
It is famous for its exquisitely detailed yet monumentally scaled temple ruins o the Roman period, when Baalbek, then kent as Heliopolis, wis ane o the lairgest sanctuaries in the empire. It is Lebanon's greatest Roman treasur, an it can be coontit amang the wanders o the auncient warld, containin some o the lairgest an best preservit Roman ruins.
Baalbek بعلبك | |
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 Temple o Jupiter in Baalbek | |
  Baalbek Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 34°0′25″N 36°12′14″E / 34.00694°N 36.20389°E | |
| Kintra |  Lebanon |
| Govrenorate | Beqaa Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Baalbek Destrict |
| Area | |
| • City | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1170 m (3,840 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 82,608 |
| • Metro | 105,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Teep | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iv |
| Designatit | 1984 (8th session) |
| Reference no. | 294 |
| State Party | Lebanon |
| Region | Arab States |
Internaitional relations
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Baalbek is twinned wi:
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