Middle East
Lebanon
Baalbek-Hermel Governorate

Duris

Duris is a village located approximately 3 km. southwest of in the Bekaa Valley, . It is the site of a 13th-century Muslim shrine and a necropolis from the late Roman Imperial period that is currently undergoing archaeological investigation.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as: “Douris”, “Doûris”, “Doûriss”, “Dūris”, and “Duris, Lebanon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trilithon and Temple of Bacchus.

Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
A or trilith is a structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top. It is commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments. is situated 3 km northeast of Duris.

Ruins
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The is part of the archaeological site, in region of . 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. is situated 3 km northeast of Duris.

Monument
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in , , characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled in antiquity. How the stones were moved from where they were quarried to their final locations is uncertain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baalbek and Majdalun.

Photo: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0.
بَعلبَك is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in and one of the country's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Baalbeck or 'Heliopolis' as it was known is the site of great ancient temples built by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

Village
Majdaloun is a village in the , in Baalbek-Hermel, one of the governorates of Lebanon. Majdaloun is one of the eighty-three municipalities of the and of 1,052 for the whole of Lebanon. is situated 4 km west of Duris.

Village
is a village located in the of the in . is situated 6 km southwest of Duris.

Duris

Latitude
33.9879° or 33° 59′ 16″ north
Longitude
36.17968° or 36° 10′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,120 metres (3,675 feet)
Open location code
8G5RX5QH+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5145601987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
275394
Wiki­data ID
Q5302302
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Duris” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دورس (بعلبك)”
  • Arabic: “دورس”
  • Arabic: “دوريس”
  • Dutch: “Douris”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوريس”
  • French: “Baalbek-Douris”
  • French: “Douris”
  • German: “Duris”
  • Hebrew: “דוריס, לבנון”
  • Hebrew: “דוריס”
  • Irish: “Duris”
  • Italian: “Douriss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Douris i Libanon”
  • Persian: “دورس، بعلبک”

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