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Baalbek: Propylea, left tower (1892 photo)
Baalbek: Propylea, tower on left side (Frauberger 1892, Tab.8/Goodyear Archive 52)
The
Propylaeae or gates of the temple of Jupiter in Baalbek was
completed in the first half of the third century AD. They consist of a
monumental staircase, leading to the terrace, and a portico 50 by 12
meters in area, with twelve tall columns of Egyptian
granite. Three of the column bases have inscriptions that mention
the emperor Caracalla.
To the north and south of the staircase
were two towers overlooking the Hexagonal court, the remains of
one of which is shown in this 1892 photo by Frauberger.
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