Ech Cherouâné
Ech Cherouâné is a cultivated area in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon and has an elevation of 1,081 metres. Ech Cherouâné is situated nearby to the village Iaat, as well as near the locality Ech Chraouné.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trilithon and Temple of Jupiter.
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 Jupiter
Ruins
Photo: Cksaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 Baalbek and Duris.
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.
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. Duris is situated 3½ km south of Ech Cherouâné.
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 southwest of Ech Cherouâné.
Ech Cherouâné
- Type: Cultivated area
- Also known as: “Ash Sharwānah” and “Ech Cherouane”
- Location: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.02083° or 34° 1′ 15″ northLongitude
36.18556° or 36° 11′ 8″ eastElevation
1,081 metres (3,547 feet)Open location code
8G6R25CP+86GeoNames ID
278241
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