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Surroundings:

Ain Akrine Temple PropylaeaAin Akrine TempleAin Akrine TempleAin Akrine Temple CellaAin Akrine Ain Akrine

Location:

  • Lebanon, Bzîza
  • geo:34.269951,35.821579
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 1~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Annotations

Roman temple at Bziza, Ionic order, prostylos, opening north west. All except one column are monoliths. Converted into a church in the middle ages. A door was cut into the west wall and other alterations made.1 See http://www.livius.org/bn-bz/bziza/bziza.html and Taylor, plates 107-1122.

References

  1. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Liban-Nord. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, pp. 245-247, section 9.
  2. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers


Nearby

Western Roman Temple, Qasr Naous (Ain Aakrine) (3 km)

Western Roman Temple, Qasr Naous

Roman temple complex Qasr Naous (Ain Aakrine) (3 km)

Roman temple complex Qasr Naous

Amioun Roman Rock Tombs (3 km)

Roman Rock Tombs


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