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Take the road to Baalbeck and
just before the town turn left toward Chlifa. (along this road
is the isolated column of Iaat) About two kilometers past Chlifa
you will have to park the car and climb up to the Roman temple,
situated on a rocky tableland. Look for the site of a new church
from where a passable track goes up the hill. At the end of the
track hike along the path for about twenty minutes.
The top of the hill is full of cisterns, tanks, platforms, rooms
and steps, all hewn from solid rock in Greco-Roman times or earlier.
This solid-looking temple structure was used as a fortress long
after Roman days. A Latin inscription can be seen inside, although
it is almost impossible to read. About a hundred meters before
the temple and a little to the southeast are two circular high
places of ancient Semitic worship.
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