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Anjar

   58 km away from Beirut,Anjar was a big trade center in history. This city was constructed by the caliph Walid I ibn in 715. it's the only site in Lebanon from the ommayades. It was ruined in 744 by Marwan II in a battle for power. Anjar became a  visited site in 1950.
The city has a rectangular shape and we see here the remains of the 'big palace' that is in the center of Anjar.
 
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