Lebanon - 2005


	Lebanon (2005)

Photos per year (number): 2005 (221) 2006 (4)


Basic flats in central Beirut	An interesting image of the Lebanese flag	Traffic in the city	Beach players near Sidon	The new stadium of Sidon	Asking to know who killed Rafiq Hariri	Approcahing the old sea fortress	The old sea fortress	Walking to the old sea fortress	Entrance of the old sea fortress

Roman columns used as buttresses	The arched vaults	Impressive stronghold	Inside the fortress	Old and new Sidon	The Lebanese flags flies on the Sidon fortress	Port of Sidon	Electric wire mayhem in central Sidon	Entering the Debban? Palace	Inner courtyard of Debban? Palace

Beautiful mirror	Magnificence of this Ottoman Building	Rooftop of the Debban? Palace	Cars in the souq	Old sea fortress	Entrance to Khan al-Franj	Khan al-Franj	Lovely colours in Khan al-Franj	Nargil? pipes in a caf? of Sidon	Good signs: car for a wedding and Peace Flowers shop

View of the Roman road and arch of Al-Mina	The omnipresent Lebanese flag	Man selling fruit by the road, beneath a Hezbollah flag	UN car	Discovering the superb Roman columns of Al-Mina	A forest of Roman columns	The Roman colonnade to the sea	A rectangular arena	Remains of baths	Beautiful Roman colonnade

Roman stone and marble sarcophagi	An arch on the 1.6km of Roman road	Mosaic in Al-Bass Archaelogical site	The most well preserved part of the hippodrome tribunes	Hippodrome buildings	North side of the hippodrome	20,000 people capacity of the Roman hippodrome	Women unwinding at the end of the day	Church of St John the Baptist	Church of St John the Baptist

Fortified Tower in the Old Port	Crusader Castle of Byblos	Charm of the site of Byblos	Ruins of Byblos	Byblos site ruins from all times	Beach south of Byblos	Bridge to the Crusader Castle	Crusader Castle and remnants of excavation work	Roman Colonnade	A runaway lizard

Roman Theatre of Byblos	The Old Port and Fortified Tower	Roman Theatre	A modern house on the Byblos site	King's Well	Remainders of City Gate	Temple of Obelisks	Souq area	Tripoli city, by the Nahr Abu Ali River	Full-blown election mayhem in Tripoli

Entrance to the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles	Inside the citadel	Khan al-Khayyatin	Soap shop in the souk	Khan Al Saboun	Streets of the souk	Extravagant resort near Byblos	Mountainside near Broummana	Mountainside near Broummana	View of the coast, near Broummana

Mountainside near Broummana	An amusing name for a shop	A beautiful view towards the sea	Restaurant Mounir	Old monastery and church	Abandoned Roman ruins	Beiteddine Palace entrance	Beiteddine Palace courtyard	Massa's dream castle	Countryside in the hills near Beiteddine

Fine Arab architecture	Deir al-Qamar centre	Echmoun Temple site	Remains of buildings at Echmoun Temple	Remains of reliefs	Hello tortoises!	Mosaics in Echmoun Temple	Throne of Astarte	A lion by the throne of Astarte	Cultural Property sign in the empty Echmoun Temple site

Symbolic Pigeon Rocks	Arriving in the Bekaa Valley	Mount Lebanon Range	Road leading up to the Umayyad site of Aanjar	Cardo maximus of Aanjar	Centre of Aanjar	Old boutiques along the main roads	The tetraplyon in the middle of Aanjar	Row of shops	The great palace

View of the extent of the Umayyad Aanjar	Great palace	Lands in the Bekaa Valley	Protective wall of Aanjar	View from my hotel room	Temple of Venus	Temple of Bacchus at sunset	Back of the Temple of Bacchus	Baalbek temple complex	Bustan al-Khan and Baalbek temples

Bustan al-Khan excavation area	The propylae - entrance to the Baalbek temples	Wide-angle view of the propylae	Hexagonal Court	The Great Court	Remaining columns of the Great Court	Great Court leading to the Temple of Jupiter	Temple of Jupiter	Niche for a statue, in the Great Court	Splendour and width of the Great Court

Roman face on a water basin	Reliefs on a water basin	Description on a column base	The best preserved exedrae of Baalbek	Steps up to the Temple of Jupiter	Lizard on the steps	Exedrae in the northern part of the Great Court	Temple of Bacchus	Lintel relief of Bacchus temple	Symbols of Baalbek

Temple of Jupiter	Clich? view of the Temple of Jupiter	The symbolic powerful lion	An ornate tomb	Imposing entrance of the Temple of Bacchus	XIXth century graffiti	Massive entrance to the Temple of Bacchus	Ancient mosaic	Peristyle ceiling	Romantism of this fallen column

Wide-angle view of the entrance	Inside the temple	Inside the Temple of Bacchus	The 6 superb columns of the Temple of Jupiter	Mosaic in Baalbek	Statue of a young satyr in the Baalbek Museum	Photo I took of a map in case I needed directions!	Mosque grounds	Monumental entrance of Baalbek	The lone Hermel Pyramid

Hermel Pyramid	Hunting scenes on the Hermel Pyramid	Well-preserved side of the Hermel Pyramid	Barren lanscape of the Bekaa Valley	My car by the Hermel Pyramid	Dardara falls	Fish restaurants by the Dardara falls	Dardara falls from my place of lunch	The restaurant's trout	The tricky road through the Mount Lebanon range

About to get sucked into the clouds	The road gets lost in the clouds	Perched mountain mosque	Mountain lanscape in the clouds	Perched mountain church	Bcharr? centre	Qadisha Valley	Arrival in Les C?dres Forest	Close-up on cedar needles	A preserved old cedar

Preserved old tree	Beauty of Les C?dres	Cedar trunk	In the heart of Les C?dres	New generation of cedars	View of the Les C?dres area	One of the last cedar groves in Lebanon	Impressive mountain views from the Qadisha Grotto	Bcharr?, at the edge of the Qadisha Valley	Gibran Museum

Tomb of Kahlil Gibran	View of Bcharr	Qadisha Valley	Victory poster of Saad Hariri	Rebuilding Central Beirut	The omnipresent preparation for security blockades	The Ottoman Grand Serail	Steps to the Grand Serail	Clock Tower in front of the Grand Serail	Security protection in Beirut

Roman Baths	Place d'Etoile and Alamin Mosque	Al Omari Mosque	St Georges mosaic	St Georges Catholic Cathedral	Rue Maarad's caf? and restaurant scene	St Georges Maronite Cathedral	The Roman Cardo Maximus	Alamin Mosque	The Bubble Building

Saint Mansour Church	Saifi Armenian	A building still showing scars from the war	View of the Bubble Building from beneath the highway	Thanks by Hariri Son	Making bread	Sursock Museum	Le Rouge restaurant	An interesting quote in the mirror	Talal's New Hotel

The sun rises over Place des Martyrs and my departure