Iaat
Iaat is a town and municipality located approximately 5 kilometers northwest of Baalbek, in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon. The town is famed for its Corinthian column, the Iaat column.- Type: Ruins
- Description: town in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Ī‘āt”, “Iaad”, “Îaât”, “Ya’ad”, “Yaad”, and “Yaat”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maqne and Deir Al-Ahmar.
Maqne
Town
Maqne or Maakne is a town and municipality in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. Maqne is situated 5 km east of Iaat.
Deir Al-Ahmar
Town
Deir El Ahmar is a Lebanese town, located 100km from Beirut and 22km northwest of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Deir Al-Ahmar is situated 7 km north of Iaat.
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.
Iaat
- Categories: village/town/city in Lebanon and historic site
- Location: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.06621° or 34° 3′ 58″ north
Longitude
36.15433° or 36° 9′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G6R3583+FP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Iaat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيعات”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايعات”
- French: “Iaat”
- Italian: “Iaat”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iaat”
- Persian: “ایعات”
- Urdu: “ایعات”
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Highlights include Mar Elias Church and Qasr el Banât.
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