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Location

  • Lebanon, Douane
  • geo:33.999153,36.200031

Period or year

  • -15? / 1xx?

Classification

  • industry
  • Visible

Quarry, Baalbek

data access 17892

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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Creators: Entry created by Voorburg, R.J.J. (2013-12-31) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/17892
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Suggested citation: Voorburg, R.J.J. , Quarry, Baalbek. https://vici.org/vici/17892, accessed 2026-11-13.