LEBANESE HISTORICAL SITES

There are many historical sites in lebanon that are in the north ansd south of the region

here are the names of the sites  in the north and south

byblos 
was actually a caananite city called gubal or gebal also translated jbeil the city was known as the port for trading and marketing goods for the phoenicians the name jbeil derived from gbl meant  'well' or 'origin' or 'district'.
the region was inscribed as a world heritage site in 1984.
The name byblos is derived from the word bible.

castle of the crusaders

Roman pillars

Temple of obelisks on the phoenician port city gebal

Annjar
was considered a world heritage site in 1984 and was a advertised site centre for levantine trading ports the site is  1,300 years old and is lebanon's most recent archaeological sites.
it was discovered in the beginning of the 8th century by a muslim political leader caliphal-walid ibn abdel malek.
the cities avenues are lined with mosques palaces baths store houses and residences.
the name means the 'source of gerrah'.

Battle ruin sites of the crusades

Ruins of the Umaayad city

Umaayad city lebanese tourist site

baalbek
also known as heliopolis was a small village inhabited by the phoenicians which was later ruled by the romans during the roman empire in 64 bc. The romans built the city and named the temples under their pagan gods.
the sites are colossal and are one of the most popular tourist sites in the north of lebanon.

Temple of jupiter

The Palace of jupiter

Baalbek city gates

Baalbek bekka valley -great north court

Tyre also known as sour  by the phoenicians is located in the south of lebanon. the name means 'rock'.
tyre in the past was popular for it's purple dye also known as tyrian purple, 'tyrian red', 'royal purple', 'imperial purple' or 'imperial dye.'
many civillizations from the phoenicians , greeks romans crusaders ottoman turks. ruled the city and till today their are still remains of roman artifacts from the time of the roman era.

Ruins of the temple of Echmoun in sidon

Sidon sea castle

sidon sea castle tourist attraction

mount lebanon  known as the 'cedars of lebanon' near the quadisha valley.
 is a place where christian monastacism grew  it was a place that sheltered many christians throughout the centuries during the times of persecution in the 7th century by the ottoman empire.
Such mystics such as jacobites(syrian orthodox), melchites (greek orthodox) nestorians armenians ethiopians and the maronites, are religious group who occupy the region till this day have remained in the mountainous regions till this day .
The place was also a place for muslim mystics and sufis who practised meditation in the mountain areas.

The cedars of lebanon (mount lebanon)

Mount lebanon in winter

The Chouf region covered with cedars and snow
                        Mount Lebanon