Aïn Bourdaï
Aïn Bourdaï is a locality in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon and has an elevation of 1,193 metres. Aïn Bourdaï is situated nearby to the locality Douane, as well as near Satha.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stone of the Pregnant Woman and Trilithon.
Stone of the Pregnant Woman
Monument
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in Baalbek, Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled in antiquity. How the stones were moved from where they were quarried to their final locations is uncertain.
Trilithon
Photo: Heinz-Josef Lücking, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
A trilithon 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.
Temple of Bacchus
Ruins
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duris and Baalbek.
Duris
Village
Duris is a village located approximately 3 km. southwest of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. 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.
Baalbek
Baalbek بَعلبَك is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in Lebanon 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.
Majdalun
Village
Majdaloun is a village in the Baalbek District, in Baalbek-Hermel, one of the governorates of Lebanon. Majdaloun is one of the eighty-three municipalities of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate and of 1,052 for the whole of Lebanon. Majdalun is situated 6 km west of Aïn Bourdaï.
Aïn Bourdaï
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “‘Ain Burday”, “‘Ayn Būrḑāy”, “Aïn Bouraï”, and “Ain Bourdai”
- Location: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.99083° or 33° 59′ 27″ northLongitude
36.20139° or 36° 12′ 5″ eastElevation
1,193 metres (3,914 feet)Open location code
8G5RX6R2+8HGeoNames ID
277481
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