Baalbek, Theater
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world.
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In the National Museum of Beyrut, you can see the scale model of the theater you can see on the first photo. It must have stood in Baalbek.
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The remains of a theater have been identified underneath the modern Palmyra Hotel (second photo). A little curve in the road indicates the contours of the theater.
Perhaps the model represents this theater, but unless this is excated, we cannot be sure; the model may, after all, represent an odeon.