Temple of Jupiter#

Temple of Jupiter
Temple of Jupiter, April 2009, © Gerhard Huber

The central sanctuary of Baalbek is the Temple of Jupiter. It is located on a 20 m high terrace into which foundation blocks weighing more than 1.000 tons were incorporated.
Das zentrale Heiligtum von Baalbek, der Jupiter-Tempel, erhebt sich auf einer 20 m hohen Terrasse, in die über 1.000 Tonnen schwere Fundamentblöcke eingearbeitet sind.