Lebanese Collection (#8)

Baalbek, Lebanon - Circular Exedra of the Grand Court. An Exedra is a room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse (especially in ancient Roman and Greek buildings)

Bridges over Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb), Lebanon
Railway and road bridges at Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb) estuary, Lebanon. Nahr al-Kalb (meaning dog river ) runs from Mount Lebanon near Beirut to the Mediterranean Sea. Date: circa 1910

Abey (Abeih) mission house and church, Lebanon
Abey (Abeih) mission house and church in Mount Lebanon, south of Beirut. Date: 20th century

Cotton harvest in Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Cotton harvest with a working girl standing in front of it, Tripoli (Tarabulus) in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), city in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Entrance and chapel of Syrian Protestant College, Beirut
Entrance and chapel of the Syrian Protestant College opened in 1866 in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon. The college would be renamed American University of Beirut (AUB)

UNESCO palace in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Entrance to the main Conference Hall of the Palais de l UNESCO (UNESCO palace) in Beirut (Beyrouth) established to host the General Conference of the United Nations Educational

Swimming pool of Aley (Aleih) casino, Mount Lebanon
Swimming pool of the Aley (Aleih) casino built circa 1930 - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1940

Zahle-Wadi (valley), Mount Lebanon (Liban)
Zahle-Wadi (valley) near Mount Lebanon (Liban), Lebanon. Date: circa 1916

Sawfar (Sofar), Lebanon
Sawfar (Sofar) with the Donna Maria Sursock Mansion built circa 1909 on the right - Mount Lebanon (Liban) Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Postman from Brummana with his donkey Abdullah
Postman from Brummana, Matn District, Mount Lebanon (Liban) with his donkey Abdullah. This animal is reputed to have been the strongest donkey in Lebanon and worked the route between Beirut

Tripoli, Lebanon - Panoramic view of the Rooftops toward the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (Qala at Sanjil) (back left). Date: 1910

Tripoli, Lebanon - El-Hamad - a local Bedouin Chieftain
Tripoli, Lebanon - El-Hamad, the Emir Aboud-agha - a local Bedouin Chieftain Date: circa 1908

Araya, Lebanon - The Railway Station
Chouit Araya, Mount Lebanon, Baabda District - The Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - A huge Monolith destined for Acropolis
Baalbek, Lebanon - A huge Monolith (21m long) destined for Acropolis, still within the quarry, showing how these large stones were carved as single pieces in situ. Date: circa 1910

Baalbek, Lebanon - Temple of Bacchus - Interior Decoration. Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Assemani (engraving)
XJF368459 Joseph Assemani (engraving) by Italian School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Assemani (1687-1768) sometimes called Joseph Simeon; born in the Mountains of Lebanon

LEBANON: BaLBEK. West facade of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Lebanon. Photograph, late 19th century

LEBANON: BaLBEK. Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, Lebanon. Photograph, late 19th century

Beirut, Lebanon - The Quay and Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - Marble columns - Octagonal Building
Lebanon - Polished marble columns suppport the heavy blockwork roof lintels in this octagonal structure in the environs of Baalbek

Syria and Lebanon - Tourist Map. Date: circa 1910s

The Temple of Venus at Baalbek, Lebanon
The Temple of Venus (Aphrodite) at Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

Ancient ruins of Faqra near Faraya, Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon - The American Church Date: 1905

Lebanon - Druze eating a meal
Druze - 1000 year old religion - also called Druse, Duruz, Duroz and the Tawhid Faith. 750, 000 to 800, 000 adherants today in Syria, Lebanon and Israel

Lebanese prince and a Damascus man
Prince of Lebanon (left) and a Muslim man from Damascus smoking a water pipe. Antique hand-colored print

Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, Lebanon moutains, Lebanon Cedars park near, Mser esh-Shouf, Lebanon moutains, Lebanon

Niha, Bekaa valley, Lebanon Niha, Bekaa valey, Lebanon

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Shrine of Sayeeda Khawla, Baalbek, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

Crusader Castle (Qasr al-Bahr), Sidon, Lebanon

Central District (BCD), Beirut, Lebanon

Place d Etoile, Beirut, Lebanon

Beiteddine Palace, Lebanon, 19th Century. The Palace is a masterpiece of the early 19th Century Lebanese architecture built by Emir Bechir Chehab II

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon. In Roman times, Baalbek, in Lebanons Bekaa Valley, was known as Heliopolis, the City of the Sun

Beirut from the American College, Lebanon, c1927-c1931. Artist: Cavanders Ltd
Beirut from the American College, Lebanon, c1927-c1931. Detail from a stereoscopic card issued with Army Club cigarettes

Bombardment of St Jean D Acre by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 3 November 1840 (c1857). Artist: H Winkles
Bombardment of St Jean D Acre by Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 3 November 1840 (c1857). British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the port of Acre during the Syrian War

Attack on Sidon by Commodore Charles Napier, 26 September 1840 (c1857). Artist: George Greatbatch
Attack on Sidon by Commodore Charles Napier, 26 September 1840 (c1857). British, Turkish and Austrian ships bombarding Egyptian positions in the Lebanese port of Sidon during the Syrian War

Street scene, Beirut, Lebanon, c1924. Artist: Ewing Galloway
Street scene, Beirut, Lebanon, c1924. A print from Countries of the World, edited by JA Hammerton, volume six, The Fleetway House, London, c1924

Beirut, Lebanon, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: American Colony
Beirut, Lebanon, late 19th or early 20th century

Mount Lebanon, above the valley of the Kedesha, or Holy Valley, Lebanon, 1841. Artist: MJ Starling
Mount Lebanon, above the valley of the Kedesha, or Holy Valley, Lebanon, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

The Nahr-El-Kelb (Dog River), Lebanon, 1841. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
The Nahr-El-Kelb (Dog River), Lebanon, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Beteddein, Palace of the Druses (Druze), Lebanon, 1841. Artist: W Floyd
Beteddein, Palace of the Druses (Druze), Lebanon, 1841. Der-el-Kamar can be seen in the distance. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co

A Turkish burial ground at Sidon, Lebanon, 1841. Artist: J Redaway
A Turkish burial ground at Sidon, Lebanon, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume II, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co. (London, 1841)

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon, c1920s-c1930s(?). Baalbek is the site of the ancient city of Heliopolis, which rose to prominence during the later Hellenistic and Roman period

Street scene, Beiruit, Lebanon, c1920s-c1930s(?)

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