Temple of Marj Bisri
In the fertile valley of Marj Bisri ( Arabic مرج بسري) there are various archaeological sites. This includes the temple of Marj Bisri . Today only the stumps of four granite columns with a diameter of 1 m are visible, which earlier probably belonged to a Roman temple. The temple was a four-column prostylus with a Corinthian order . Its portal was about 14.7 m high. This makes it comparable to the great temples of Lebanon.
The decay of the temple was probably related to tectonic events. It is likely that an earthquake at the Roum Fault blocked the Nahr al-Awali River at Marj Bisri in the area known as Al-Joube by a rock fall . This natural reservoir caused the temple and its surroundings to sink into the mud.
Individual evidence
- ^ Julien Aliquot: La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain . Presses de l'Ifpo 2009 ISBN 9782351592991 [1]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Shoufcedar. org (PDF) p. 5.
Web links
- Image on lebivity.com
literature
- Julien Aliquot: La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain . Presses de l'Ifpo 2009 ISBN 9782351592991
Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ N , 35 ° 33 ′ 12 ″ E