Baalbek

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Baalbek

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:annualEvent	Baalbeck International Festival
gptkbp:archaeologicalExcavation	since 1898
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	Baalbek Ruins
gptkbp:areaCode	08
gptkbp:climate	Mediterranean climate
gptkbp:coordinates	34°0′24″N 36°12′25″E
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Lebanon
gptkbp:distanceFromBeirut	85 km northeast
gptkbp:elevation	1,170 m
gptkbp:excavatedBy	gptkb:German_Archaeological_Institute gptkb:Lebanese_Directorate_General_of_Antiquities French archaeologists
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Temple_of_Bacchus gptkb:Temple_of_Venus Temple of Jupiter ruins
gptkbp:founded	Phoenician era
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Baalbek_Municipality
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Heliopolis
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Phoenician gptkb:Roman Byzantine Islamic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Baalbek
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Beqaa_Governorate gptkb:Beqaa_Valley
gptkbp:mayor	Fouad Blouk
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Great_Court gptkb:Hexagonal_Forecourt gptkb:Propylaea gptkb:Stone_of_the_Pregnant_Woman
gptkbp:notableFor	largest Roman temple columns megalithic stones
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Baalbek_District
gptkbp:population	approximately 82,608 (2016)
gptkbp:postalCode	1800
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:religion	predominantly Shia Muslim
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:EET
gptkbp:twinnedWith	gptkb:Yerevan gptkb:Bergama gptkb:Pompeii Byblos Baalbek, Germany
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	since 1984
gptkbp:visitedBy	gptkb:Emperor_Antoninus_Pius gptkb:Emperor_Augustus gptkb:Emperor_Caracalla gptkb:Emperor_Septimius_Severus gptkb:Emperor_Trajan
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Edward_Lear gptkb:Lebanon
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4