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Site WatchSite Name: Palmyra Temple of Baal Alternative Name: Palmyra Temple of BelCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 27.601 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Palmyra Nearest Village: Tadmor
Latitude: 34.547290N Longitude: 38.274060E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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A very large Hellenistic temple dedicated to the Semitic god, Baal, responsible for storms and weather.
The Cella is largely intact but only a couple of the columns on the east side remain intact. There is an open air altar roughly in the middle of the compound.
The surrounding colonnade is also only partially intact, while the compound wall has been patched over the centuries. The front gate on the west is however blocked up. There are many remaining blocks lying around for future restoration efforts.
A UNESCO World Heritage site.
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