Baalbek

Baalbek
Baalbek ; ?????
	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 km 2 (3 sq mi)
? Metro	16 km 2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	1170 m (3,840 ft)
Population
? City	82,608
? Metro	105,000
Time zone	UTC+2 ( EET )
? Summer ( DST )	+3
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Teep	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Designatit	1984 (8th session )
Reference no.	294
State Party	Lebanon
Region	Arab States

Baalbek ( Greek : ?λιο?πολι? ; Arabic : ????? ‎ / ALA-LC : Ba‘albak ; Phoenicie : ?????, 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.

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↑ Syaifullah, M. (26 October 2008). "Yogyakarta dan Libanon Bentuk Kota Kembar" . Tempo Interaktif. Archived frae the original on 18 August 2009 . Retrieved 25 Januar 2010 .

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[1] Syaifullah, M. (26 October 2008). "Yogyakarta dan Libanon Bentuk Kota Kembar" . Tempo Interaktif. Archived frae the original on 18 August 2009 . Retrieved 25 Januar 2010 .

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