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Baalbeck - Lebanon
Baalbeck
by dr.firas
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mediterranean sea
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  • xaver
  • By xaver on December 30, 2003
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  • temple in byblos - Lebanon
    temple in byblos
    by xaver
    Fondest memory, I guess mine was the other side of mediterranean sea, it was the first time for me and that made me think of how many different countries and cultures you may meet just going around this small sea, a small sea that still hides so many legends, boats, treasures, blood, hopes and dreams.

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    Beaches
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  • MalenaN
  • By MalenaN on November 4, 2003
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    by MalenaN
    Lebanon don't have many public beaches. Just south of the town Jbail (Byblos) there are the sandy beaches Tam-Tam and Paradise.
    To go here from Beirut you can take a bus going north from Charles Helou Station and ask to be dropped at the beaches. From the highway there is a road going down the slope to the sea.

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    Crusader Castle, Byblos
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  • MalenaN
  • By MalenaN on November 4, 2003
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    by MalenaN
    When you are going to explore the historical site the Crusader Castle is a good place to start at as there is a beautiful view over the area and the sea from the roof.
    When the castle was built in the 12th century by the Franks blocks from the ancient temples were used.

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    The Harbour, Jbail
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  • MalenaN
  • Updated By MalenaN on November 7, 2003
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    by MalenaN
    The harbour might be one of the oldest in the world. From here the famous Lebanese ceder was shipped to other towns during ancient time.
    There are small fishing boats and a few boats for sight-seeing. Around the harbour are some restaurants and a hotel.

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    View from the castle
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  • MalenaN
  • Updated By MalenaN on November 7, 2003
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    by MalenaN
    The squared foundation in the middle are the ruins of Temple of Baalat Gebal which is the oldest temple at Byblos. It is from the 4th millenium BC. The temple was important until Roman times.
    Close to the sea there is a house built during the Ottoman period.

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    the south
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  • call_me_rhia
  • By call_me_rhia on January 29, 2004
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  • a view of Tyre - Lebanon
    a view of Tyre
    by call_me_rhia
    Heading south of Beirut is an amazing trip into modern history. The farther south you go, the more you see and feel about the troubles in the middle east. UN army people become more and more common - and so do checkpoints. Once you reach Tyre you sometimes wonder if the UN people outnumber the local people

    It's my favourite part of Lebanon - vibrant - sadly still scarred from the recent political events. Tyre is absolutely wonderful and the village of Qana the saddest place (together with Mostar) that I have ever visited - and at the same time the place where I long to return: a real lesson in life.

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    The Great Temple of Baalbek
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  • dr.firas
  • Updated By dr.firas on July 14, 2003
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  • The Great Temple - Lebanon
    The Great Temple
    by dr.firas
    On the site of a previous sanctuary dating back to the Bronze and Iron ages as well as to the Hellenistic period, The Roman Temple of Jupiter was built during the 1st c. AD.
    It consists of a cella built on a 12m. High podium, and a courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded portico.

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    FAIROOZ
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  • sarrahh
  • Updated By sarrahh on April 15, 2005
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  • OUR SINGER - Lebanon
    OUR SINGER
    by sarrahh
    Her voice is silk and flame in one.

    In Lebanon, we sway with it, sail the seas with it as our mast, and because of it we love.

    Our betrothed women ask us to seal them with her voice, to dissolve its whispers into pearls for a necklace, and with its vibrations to encircle their waists; they beg us to pluck love songs for them from this voice alone.

    The fighter among us who finds in her voice the will to survive, hears through it the swish of the sword and experiences his moment of valor.
    so dont miss any festival anyway when she will sing i will tell u b4

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    Alphabet
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  • dr.firas
  • Updated By dr.firas on September 13, 2003
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  • Alphabet - Lebanon
    Alphabet
    by dr.firas
    As the first Alphabet in the world was founded in Syria Ugarit near Latakia today!
    the Byblos Alphabet was one of the first too!
    after that one in Syria!
    ha ha ha indeed no Syria and Lebanon where called that time!
    it was all Major Syria:
    Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel!
    Yes believe it or not!
    it is a historical fact!

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    Hmmmmm!
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  • dr.firas
  • By dr.firas on September 22, 2003
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  • Tripoli - Lebanon
    Tripoli
    by dr.firas
    Tripoli of Lebanon was really a chosen place to settle the Palestinian refugees!
    Big population of Palestinians is living here in this city.
    Many other cities in all the Arabian countries let the refugees to settle in many cities it have.
    But Palestinians are still keeping their passports and don’t have the new passport of the new place,
    As they know in spite of all the full rights they are having in any Arabian country, there place where they should go back someday when the whole situation is stabilized is their legal home Palestine.
    I’m totally for the peace in our sad wounded Middle East and for Justice and fair as well.

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