Syrie Ancienne - Temple Circulaire a Baalbeck (Plate 16) (The Circular Temple of Venus at the Ancient City of Baalbek in Lebanon)

Engraver	Augustin Francois Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date	1848
Technique	Copper Engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	Syrie Ancienne et Moderne par M.Jean Yanoski et par M.Jules David - L'Univers Pittoresque, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

This engraving depicts the circular Temple of Venus at the ancient city of Baalbek in Lebanon. Baalbek was a center of the cult of Jupiter Heliopolitanus during the Roman Imperial period. Monumental temples dedicated to Jupiter, Venus, and Mars were constructed there.

Baalbek, Lebanon, Classical Architecture