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Surroundings:

Ain Akrine Temple PropylaeaAin Akrine TempleAin Akrine TempleBziza Roman TempleBziza Roman TempleBziza Roman Temple

Location:

  • Lebanon, Aïn Aakrîne
  • geo:34.289429,35.845654
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 50~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Annotations

Roman temple complex Qasr Naous. See also the Western temple.

The Eastern temple is prostylos in form and the four colums, one of which is still standing, are monoliths1. It faces east. See http://www.livius.org/ag-ai/ain_akrine/ain_akrine.html and Taylor2 pp. 10, 11 and plates 107-112.

References

  1. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Liban-Nord. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, pp. 242-244 Section 8
  2. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers


Nearby

Western Roman Temple, Qasr Naous (Ain Aakrine)

Western Roman Temple, Qasr Naous

Roman temple at Bziza (3 km)

Roman temple at Bziza

Amioun Roman Rock Tombs (3 km)

Roman Rock Tombs


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