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The entrance to the Temple of Bacchus in the 1870s Corinthian capitals ornamenting the columns of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek. The temple is 66 m long, 35 m wide and 31 m high, making it only slightly smaller than the Temple of Jupiter. [5] The podium on which the temple sits is on an East-West axis.
Instead of being built on a flat surface, Borobudur is built on a natural hill. However, construction technique is similar to other temples in Java. Without the inner spaces seen in other temples, and with a general design similar to the shape of pyramid , Borobudur was first thought more likely to have served as a stupa , instead of a temple ...
Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur , Mendut , and Pawon . The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and fall on a straight line.
The museum was built in traditional Javanese architecture; the joglo house with pendopo pavilion. [2] The museum is integrated within Borobudur Archaeological Park inaugurated in 1983. Also located within Borobudur archaeological complex, right on west side of Karmawibhangga Museum is Samudra Raksa Museum displaying Borobudur Ship. The entry to ...
Mendut is a ninth-century Buddhist temple, located in Mendut village, Mungkid sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The temple is located about three kilometres east of Borobudur. Mendut, Borobudur, and Pawon, all of which are Buddhist temples, are located in one straight line. There is a mutual religious relationship between ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. City in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon Baalbek بَعْلَبَكّ City Temple of Bacchus Baalbek Location in Lebanon Coordinates: 34°0′22.81″N 36°12′26.36″E / 34.0063361°N 36.2073222°E / 34.0063361; 36.2073222 Country Lebanon Governorate Baalbek-Hermel District Baalbek Government ...
The Temple of Jupiter is a colossal Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon. It is the largest of the Roman world after the Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome. It is unknown who commissioned or designed the temple, nor exactly when it was constructed. It is most likely construction begun in the first century BC.
The Lebanon Cedar is mentioned 103 times in the Bible. [22] [23] [24] In the Hebrew text it is named ארז and in the Greek text (LXX) it is named κέδρου. Example verses include: "Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.