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Baalbek Roman ColonnadeBaalbeq TheaterBaalbek model theaterCella, Temple of BacchusBaalbek, Temple of BacchusCella, Temple of BacchusCella, Temple of BacchusCapital, Temple of BacchusLebanon BaalbekBaalbek Temple of MercuryBaalbek Temple of JupiterBaalbek Temple of Jupiter GargoyleJupiter Temple - Baalbek - detailBaalbek, Temple of Jupiter, TunnelBaalbek Temple of VenusBaalbek Temple of VenusBaalbek Temple of Jupiter Court AltarBaalbek Temple of Jupiter Court PoolBaalbek, Temple of Jupiter, Hexagonal CourtBaalbek Temple of Jupiter HexagonalBaalbek, Roman villa of SuweydieBaalbek Ras el-AinColumn of Iaat

Location:

  • Lebanon, Douane
  • geo:33.999153,36.200031
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -15? / 1xx?

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Annotations

This quarry was used primarily for the construction of the unfinished temple of Jupiter. The main visible stone ("stone of the Pregnant Woman") is 4.5m wide by 20m long. Recently two more partially cut stones have been found in situ. Wikipedia supplies details and some references1.

  1. Jean Pierre Adam,  Anthony Mathews: Roman Building: Materials and Techniques. Routledge, 1999, p. 35
  2. Paul Doyle, Lebanon, Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, p.213

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Stone of the Pregnant Woman"

Deze steengroeve werd voornamelijk gebruikt voor de bouw van de niet-afgeronde Jupitertempel. Er ligt hier een 20 meter lange en 4,5 meter brede monoliet die waarschijnlijk bedoeld was voor het podium van de tempel.


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