Stone of the Pregnant Woman
Stone of the Pregnant Woman is a historic site in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. Stone of the Pregnant Woman is situated nearby to Baalbeck Quarry, as well as near the mosque Masjid As-Sayyida Khawla.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Stone of the Pregnant Woman is situated 160 metres east of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.
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. Trilithon is situated 1 km northeast of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.
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. Temple of Bacchus is situated 1 km northeast of Stone of the Pregnant Woman.
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.
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 Stone of the Pregnant Woman.
Stone of the Pregnant Woman
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Address: Baalbek
- Categories: tourism and historic site
- Location: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.99894° or 33° 59′ 56″ northLongitude
36.19844° or 36° 11′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G5RX5XX+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 12700444852OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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