Place to see: Baalbek, Lebanon, Baalbek, Lebanon

Ba'albeck Boy, Be'Qaa Valley, Lebanon

Ba'albeck Boy, Be'Qaa Valley, Lebanon by Shannon Dagher

Tourist, Temple of Bacchus (2nd cent. AD), Ba'albeck, Be'Qaa Valley, Lebanon.

Ba'albeck Boy, Be'Qaa Valley, Lebanon
Man with Camel; Ba'albeck, Lebanon

About this place:

Baalbek is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170 m), situated east of the Litani River and about 85 km north east of Beirut. The history of Baalbeck dates back around 5000 years. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed and monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire. It is also home to the annual Baalbeck International (Music) Festival. Baalbeck is home to the Lebanese Red Cross first aid, medical & social, and youth center as well as mobile clinics.

Postcards about Baalbek, Lebanon:

  • Shannon Dagher

    24 May 2008
    From:
    Shannon Dagher

    My husband is Lebanese and this was my first trip to his homeland...not only to meet my new family, but to see sites like Ba'albeck. As a Cultural Anthropology major & photography minor, Ba'albeck was at the top of my MUST-SEE list. We went on my 21st birthday...and it was ridiculously hot. While resting in the shade of the Temple of Jupiter after shooting 6 rolls, I looked up and spotted this tourist boy...just waiting for me to snap him. This shot brings back the whole day for me; better than I could have imagined.

Baalbek, Mohafazat Baalbek-Hermel, LB

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Discovered by Shannon Dagher
on 6 December 2007.
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