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Places to see in Lebanon

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  BaalbekUNESCO

  بعلبك

  City · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate

  Baalbek is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about 67 km (42 mi) northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In 1998, the city had a population of 82,608.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Saadedine AL SAIDI (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  ByblosUNESCO

  آثار جبيل

  Town · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate

  Byblos, also known as Jbail, Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl, is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Orient at de.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 2.0 de). Map

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  Beaufort CastleUNESCO

  قلعة الشقيف

  Fort · Nabatieh Governorate

  Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: david55king (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  AnjarUNESCO

  Town · Beqaa Governorate

  Anjar, also known as Hawsh Mousa, is a town of Lebanon, near the Syrian border, located in the Bekaa Valley. The population is 2,400, consisting almost entirely of Armenians. The total area is about twenty square kilometers.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  TyreUNESCO

  صور

  City · South Governorate

  Tyre is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, and Carthage's founder Dido (Elissa).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: RomanDeckert (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Cedars of GodUNESCO

  غابة أرز الرّب

  Park & nature · North Governorate

  The Cedars of God is a forest in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon. It is a vestige of the extensive forests of the Lebanon cedar that thrived across Mount Lebanon in antiquity.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: BlingBling10 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kadisha ValleyUNESCO

  Vallée de Qadîcha

  Nature · North Governorate

  Kadisha Valley, also romanized as the Qadisha Valley and also known as the Kadisha Gorge or Wadi Kadisha, is a gorge that lies within the Bsharri and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Baalbek StonesUNESCO

  حجر الحبلى

  Ruins · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate

  The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in Baalbek, Lebanon, characterized by a megalithic giant unparalleled in antiquity. The stones were quarried from nearby hillsides. Several of the large monoliths were only partially hewn from the hillsides.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Freedom's Falcon (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Temple of JupiterUNESCO

  معبد جوبيتر

  Ruins · Beqaa Governorate

  The Temple of Jupiter is a colossal Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon. It is the largest of the Roman world after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome. It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple, nor exactly when it was constructed.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Eusebius (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Temple of BacchusUNESCO

  معبد باخوس

  Ruins · Beqaa Governorate

  The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Rachid Karami International FairUNESCO

  Heritage site · North Governorate

  Photo: RomanDeckert (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Qurnat as Sawda'

  القرنة السوداء

  Mountain · North Governorate

  Qurnat as Sawdā (Arabic: القرنة السوداء) is the highest point in Lebanon and the Levant, at 3,088 m (10,131 ft) above sea level. It is the summit of Jabal al Makmel, a mountain range in Bsharri, North Lebanon.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Erwin Franzen (Public domain). Map