Baalbek old train station
Baalbek old train station is in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. Baalbek old train station is situated nearby to Stone of the Pregnant Woman, as well as near Baalbeck Quarry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trilithon and 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 Baalbek old train station.
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 610 metres southeast of Baalbek old train station.
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 Jupiter is situated 1 km northeast of Baalbek old train station.
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 Baalbek old train station.
Baalbek old train station
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.00262° or 34° 0′ 9″ northLongitude
36.19502° or 36° 11′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8G6R253W+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 5313808521OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Baalbek old train station” goes by many names.
- German: “Balbeek alter Bahnhof”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stone of the Pregnant Woman and Baalbeck Quarry.
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