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Lebanon 2010

  Baalbek   Sidon   Tyre   Chouf Mountains   Beirut

Baalbek

Baalbek Site Entrance

Temple of Jupiter Columns

Jupiter + Scotsman

Jupiter: Column bases.

Temple of Bacchus

Temple of Bacchus

Jupiter: Columns From temple of Bacchus

Jupiter: Giant Foundation Blocks

Bacchus: Entrance

Bacchus: Interior

Bacchus: "Fallen Keystone" Gateway

Bacchus: "Fallen Keystone"

Old Entrance??

Temples & Mountains

Mr-the-Chief-Hezbollah Poster

Central Lebanon Hills

Sidon

7 m. South of Beirut

Sidon Sea Castle

Sidon Sea Castle

Sidon Harbour, from Sea Castle

Great Mosque (?)

"Castle of St Louis"

Tyre

Al Baas, City Gate

Ancient Hippodrome

Spine of Ancient Hippodrome

Turn Marker

(Restored) Ancient Bleachers

Tyre Waterfront

Al Minna, Colonnaded Way

Ancient water sports pool??

Entrance colonnade from Ancient Harbour

Wild Poppies

Lush greenery, outside Tyre

Banana farm, near Tyre Blue bags protect ripening fruit

Chouf Mountains

Green mountains. 6 m. W of Beiteddine

Beiteddine: Main Courtyard

Beiteddine: Middle Courtyard

Beiteddine

Christ-themed Mosaic

Duck Mosaic

Stags Fighting

Geometric Mosaic

Beiteddine: Green Hills

Moukhtara: Mountain View

Jumblatt Palace: Entrance

Jumblatt Palace

Jumblatt Palace View

Jumblatt Palace: detail

Chouf Cedar Reserve

Chouf Cedar Reserve

Chouf Cedar Reserve

Chouf Cedar Reserve

Ancient Cedar

Beirut

Bustling Construction

Bustling Construction

Clocktower, Place de l'Etoile

Lebanese Parliament

Martyrs Square Monument

Mohammed al-Amin mosque

Mohammed al-Amin mosque interior

Rafiq Hariri Tomb

Al Omari mosque interior Formerly a Crusader church

St George Cathedral

Former Holiday Inn

Rafiq Hariri Statue (Near where he was assassinated.)

Hariri Assassination Marker Clustered bronze Lebanese flags

National Museum

Portrait Mosaic

Persian-style column head

Fine "Europa & Bull" mosaic (3rd c AD)

Ornate Sarcophagus End

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