Place:Temnin el-Foka
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Temnin el-Foka تمنين الفوقا | |
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 Temnine el-Faouqa, Lebanon, center of village | |
  Temnin el-Foka Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: [ ⚑ ] : 33°54′N 35°59′E / 33.9°N 35.983°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Baalbek-Hermel |
| District | Baalbek |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| History | |
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| Cultures | Roman |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
Temnin el-Foka (Arabic: تمنين الفوقا) is a village in Baalbek District in Lebanon.
History
Temnin el-Foka has a nymphaeum.[1] It is close to the spring of Ain el-Jobb.[2]
The nymphaeum is an arched watercourse built of large stones that has been constructed 4 metres (13 ft) deep into a hill. It leads to a cistern underground. A gulley has formed at the outflow, where a boundary pillar is carved with the image of a goddess. It resembles a similar cippus at Kafr Zabad.[2]
See also
- Roman gardens
References
- ↑ Brenda Longfellow (21 October 2010). Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage: Form, Meaning and Ideology in Monumental Fountain Complexes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-0-521-19493-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=jRNfu372CyQC&pg=PA118. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George Taylor (1967). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. https://books.google.com/books?id=XXchNqgyNdkC. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
Roman nymphaeum
Roman nymphaeum
External links
- Temnine El Faouqa, Localiban
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