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  • Byblos

    Byblos, Jubayl, is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. It was built by Cronus as the first city in Phoenicia. It is one of the cities suggested as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and the site has been continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. The city was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Byblos.
    World Heritage Site
    Byblos
    by Linaduliban, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Byblos
    by Linaduliban, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
    Byblos
    by Chaps the idol, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 27 m

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    Byblos

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1984

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Lebanon

    Mount Lebanon Governorate

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    Fifth Millennium BC

    Neolithic

    Phoenician + Roman + Crusader + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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