Temple of Baalshamin
Ruins · Syria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.553, 38.270
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Храм Баалшамина — древний храм в городе Пальмира (Сирия), посвящённый ханаанскому божеству Баалшамину.
History
The Temple of Baalshamin was an ancient temple in the city of Palmyra, Syria, dedicated to the Canaanite sky deity Baalshamin. The temple's earliest phase dates to the late 2nd century BC; its altar was built in 115 AD, and the temple was substantially rebuilt in 131 AD. The temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire in a campaign against the temples of the East made by Maternus Cynegius, Praetorian Prefect of Oriens, between 25 May 385 to 19 March 388. With the spreading of Christianity in the region in the 5th century AD, the temple was converted to a church.