Temple of Bacchus
Ruins · Lebanon
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.006, 36.204
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ruins of the Greco-Roman period
History
The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. It is one of the best preserved and grandest Roman temple ruins; its age is unknown, but its fine ornamentation can be dated to the second century CE.