Iaat

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Iaat is a town and municipality located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, famed for its Corinthian column, the Iaat column. This is a single column of unknown date, approximately half way between Baalbek and Qasr el Banat, with a cartouche on the 6th drum but no inscription. ()

Local name: إيعات Coordinates: 34°3'58"N, 36°9'15"E

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Baalbak - HermelLebanon

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Iaat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Temple of Jupiter, Temple of Bacchus, Stone of the Pregnant Woman, Qasr el Banat.

5 miSE
Ruins
Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek
127 min walk • The Temple of Jupiter, nestled in the ancient city of Baalbek, Lebanon, is a monumental testament to the architectural prowess of the Roman Empire. As a ruin that once stood as the largest temple dedicated to Jupiter, the king of the Roman gods, this site commands awe...
5 miSE
Temple
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
129 min walk • The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek temple complex located in the broad Al-biqā, Lebanon. The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
5.3 miSE
Obelisk
Stone of the Pregnant Woman, Baalbek
136 min walk • The Baalbek Stones are six massive Roman worked stone blocks in Baalbek, Lebanon, characterised by a megalithic gigantism unparallelled in antiquity. The smallest three are part of a podium wall in the Roman complex of the Temple of Jupiter Baal on Tel Baalbek and are known as the "Trilithon".
2.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Qasr el Banat
65 min walk • Qasr el Banat is an ancient temple situated 1.5 kilometres east of Chlifa in the Baalbek District of the Beqaa Governorate in the city of Qsarnaba.
4.3 miW
Archaeological site
Ard Tlaili
109 min walk • Ard Tlaili or Tell Ard Tlaili is a small tell mound archaeological site in a plain at the foot of the Lebanon Mountains 11 km northwest of Baalbeck, in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon.
5.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Tell Ain Saouda
143 min walk • Tell Ain Saouda is a small neolithic, archaeological tell, approximately 2 kilometres south of Tell Neba'a Litani, Lebanon. It is a grey soiled site next to two springs and the Litani River.
5.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Riha Station
135 min walk • Riha Station is a hill with a thin, occupational Shepherd Neolithic archaeological site located between the villages of Chaat and Knaisse, 14 kilometres northwest of Baalbek in Lebanon.

Iaat

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Iaat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek

Stone of the Pregnant Woman, Baalbek

Qasr el Banat

Ard Tlaili

Tell Ain Saouda

Riha Station