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Baalbek
Syria · Roman province·Lebanon·Founded 1st c. BCE (Roman colony)
Roman Heliopolis. Temple of Jupiter — one of the largest sanctuaries in the empire. Still under construction in Trajan's day.
A living Lebanese city of roughly 80,000 in the Bekaa Valley; its UNESCO-listed Roman temples of Jupiter and Bacchus stand within the modern town.
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