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Location

  • Lebanon, Majdel Aanjar
  • geo:33.712097,35.901745
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • 50~ / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Chalcis ad Libanum, Majdel Anjar, Roman Temple

data access 14193

Large rectangular Roman temple on top of the tel, built 41-48 CE, and converted into a fortress in the mediaeval period will documented by Aliquot1.  Taylor provides two photographs of the exterior in the 1960s2.

NB: There is some confusion as to the location of Gherra given on this map as being the late Roman/Ummayad fort of Anjar. Against Majdel Anjar is the probable name Chalcis for this site, but the two locations are very close, and there is confusion.

References

  1. Julien Aliquot (2009). La Vie religieuse au Liban sous l'Empire romain: Békaa-Sud. Beyrouth : Presses de l’Ifpo, pp. 308-309, Section 70.
  2. George Taylor (1967). The Roman Temples of Lebanon. Beirut : Dar el Mashreq Publishers. Plates 78, 79.

Roman temple, built 41-48 CE

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2013-05-08) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-13), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/14193
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and Lendering, J., Chalcis ad Libanum, Majdel Anjar, Roman Temple. https://vici.org/vici/14193, accessed 2026-06-11.