Lebanon's Baalbek city located in the heart of the Bekaa Valley, known riches and abundance of agricultural crops to the extension of its territory, and is surrounded by East and West Slselta Lebanon Mountains of Eastern and Western. They spend Center Bekaa Baalbek province.
Above Baalbek above sea level 1150 m. And away from Beirut about 90 km. Famous Baalbek agriculture and especially the cultivation of vegetables and fruits and grains and apricot trees that fill deferred It is also famous trade.
Industry traditional mention of the most important industries industry sugars and sweets and knitting and weaving.
History and monuments:
Baalbek back to the time of the Phoenicians. I knew in the Seleucid era as Heliopolis or City of the Sun.Occupied by the Romans in the first century AD and was a center of worship Jupiter. The Romans built the various structures. And was held where international festivals that were absent during the war years, and then returned again shines in the summer of 1998.
The months in Baalbek archaeological historical citadel, which is glorious civilization will not give it right, even if peak in the description. Months their structures and Roman Temple of Bacchus private. It is an important tourist destination Fith visitors from all over the world, calculated it is built on the masters of marble that had no peer.
They said that Baalbek was made Balkis, and Suleiman bin Daoud Palace. It is said that in Baalbek tomb Hafsa bint Umar wife of the Prophet peace be upon him and the tomb of the Prophet Elias.
Baalbek opened the time of Omar bin al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him at the hands of my father Abeida.
The mention of the most important features:
* Mosques: Umayyad Mosque which is being restored now and the Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars.
* Scientists: Attributed to Baalbek group of people credited and science, including: premium Ben Luke Baalbaki, who was brilliant in many sciences, including philosophy, medicine, engineering and the preparation and musician, was eloquent in Greek, has books book blood, phlegm, yellow and black book mirrors the Holocaust and book weights, weights and book policy and a book chapter between soul and spirit, and the entrance to the logic book.
* Imam Abdul Rahman Ouzai Who came down from Baalbek, and cotton in Beirut.
* Mohammed bin Ali bin Hassan bin Mohammed bin Abi floodlit Baalbaki Known as Sheikh religion.
* Abu Jaafar Persian Warraq.
* Abdul Rahman bin Dahhaak Muslim Baalbaki Known as the son of Chosroes.
* Lebanese poet Khalil Bishop aka poet the two countries, Egypt, Lebanon, his office Hebron and months of his poems "The Lion Crying" and the effects of Baalbek, died in 1949.
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