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Surroundings:

Ain AkrineAin Akrine Temple CellaAin Akrine Bziza Roman TempleBziza Roman TempleBziza Roman Temple

Location:

  • Lebanon, Aïn Aakrîne
  • geo:34.289532,35.844234
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 50~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Annotations

Prostylos temple, megalithic blocks, long walls east-west, with a lateral door to the north in the sanctuary boundary1. The area around has been excavated and a bust of the god Helios has been found in association with the W. temple2. See also the Eastern temple for more details and references.

References

  1. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Liban-Nord. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, p. 243, Section 8A
  2. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers, plates 110-112. including a good photograph of the bust of the god.


Nearby

Roman temple complex Qasr Naous (Ain Aakrine)

Roman temple complex 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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