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Faqra
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Faqra: site of several
Roman monuments on the western slopes of the Lebanon
Mountains.
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The
Temple of Adonis is built in the rocks of Faqra, so it's partly a rock
sanctuary. It does not rest on a platform. In front of the shrine, to the east, is a
large, square court with an altar, surrounded by a colonnade, and
there's another altar standing in front of the entrance. A satellite photo of the complex can be seen here.
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Temple and rocks
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The entrance
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The entrance and the sanctuary
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General view
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Before
you entered the temple, you would see the sanctuary, partly built
within the rocks (as shown on the photo above to the left), and the
outer altar (below to the left).
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The outer altar
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The portico surrounding the court
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The portico surrounding the court
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The portico surrounding the court
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The square court was surrounded on three sides by a portico in the Doric building order. Several columns were sufficiently well-preserved to be re-erected.
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Court
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Court altar
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Court, seen from the sanctuary
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The cella
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The
sanctuary itself has a façade with six Corinthian columns; they have
been restored with much concrete, which gives an idea of what it must
have looked like, but is still remarkably ugly. Inside the sanctuary
are many inscriptions, which make it clear that the temple was
dedicated to Adonis, and was built - in its present form - in the third
century CE.
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©
Jona Lendering for
Livius.Org,
2012
Revision: 30 April 2012 |
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