Great Portal, Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, 1839
Entitled: "Baalbec May 7th 1839." The Temple of Bacchus is one of the best preserved and grandest Roman temple ruins in the world. The temple was commissioned by Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and built close to the courtyard in front of the larger temple of Jupiter-Baal. The period of construction is generally considered between 150 AD to 250 AD. The temple is is 216 feet long, 115 wide, and 102 feet high. Its walls are adorned by 42 un-fluted Corinthian columns, 19 of which remain upright in position standing 62 feet high. The columns support a richly carved entablature. Inside, the cella is decorated with Corinthian half-columns flanking two levels of niches on each side, containing scenes from the birth and life of Bacchus. Baalbek is a town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River. After Alexander the Great conquered the Near East in 334 BC, the existing settlement was named Heliopolis. David Roberts was a Scottish painter known for a series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838-40).
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