The port city of Sidon today and one fit for sailing ships. The old Sidon was three ports are the northern port located port current location and the southern port or harbor Egyptian and is located south of the old city and the harbor and is located in the outer island off Sidon.
* North Harbour: Is the natural port of Sidon and safe harbor of the three harbors protected from the south and west pier built of natural rock walls or huge walls to repel high waves while storming sea. We note that the harbor is protected by virtue of his position from the prevailing southwest winds on most days of the year on Hatina which is also protected from the eastern side of rock buried berth today with dust mainland-to-sea castle.
In the days of the war was this port close by a series of iron extends the entrance of the North Eastern city. Becomes Zidon locked in this position of the ground invasion by walls and sea invasion by its facilities closed.
We find in the old harbor "and has changed his the landfill and Banchaouat day again" from the far southwestern part big hole in the rocky AL. This slot is not natural but man-made tells us that the shape etched craters almost vertically off this slot on the city square there was a pond dug in the rock and was said to have a "halitosis matrix" They buried today under the dirt. The processing harbor Meanwhile South these measures, construction specially formulated to create a stream or stream Ahari in the harbor to Tnzigah of sand deposition in the hall by the sea currents different. Was baptized to create a type of dams to control the divorce this Mahry or arrested as needed.
* Egyptian port: Located south of the Old City behind two heads Mmtdan at sea has a semi-circular shape and knows the Egyptian harbor but fair winds and southwestern North Vtstd the movement of water at least change the weather was not of great importance.
* Outer Harbor: Located on the island off the beautiful sandy beach. Docking place on the eastern side of the island. The deliberately old to stay over natural rock wall of the south side to protect the docking of the predominant wind is southwest wind. We still we welcome the effects of the terminals of ships carved into the rock on the western bank of the island of East has known this ancient port as foreign port.
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Lebanon