Ain Bourday

Ain Bourday is a village in , . Ain Bourday is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stone of the Pregnant Woman and Trilithon.

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 unparalleled in antiquity. The stone was quarried from nearby hillsides, and several of the large monoliths - some only partially hewn from the geology.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duris and Baalbek.

Village
, also Dûris, formally Doris and also known by its French spelling Douris, is a village located approximately 3 km. southwest of in the Bekaa Valley, .

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 6 km west of Ain Bourday.

Ain Bourday

Latitude
33.98794° or 33° 59′ 17″ north
Longitude
36.20427° or 36° 12′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G5RX6Q3+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7526444476
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Ain Bourday” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عين بورضاي”
  • French: “Ain Bourday”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sheikh Abdullah Barracks and كاتبة العدل غدير مظلوم.

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