Architectural Lantern Slides of Lebanon
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Lantern slides created in Lebanon during the late 19th or early 20th century. At the time, the country was part of the Ottoman Empire. Image subjects include castles, churches, mosques, megalithic stones, ruins, and temples. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy.
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Baalbek: Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus, hexagonal court

Baalbek: Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus, propylaeum

Baalbek: View of the monolith known as the "Stone of the Pregnant Woman"

Church of Saint John, Byblos: View of entry portico and bell tower

Crusader Castle, Byblos: Overall view, castle and surrounding groves

Emir Youssef Chehabi Mosque: View of courtyard and top of minaret

Ruins, possibly Crusader Cathedral, Tyre, Lebanon

Sidon Sea Castle, Sidon, Lebanon

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: Detail, remains of carved ornamentation

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: Exterior, rear of temple with remaining side columns

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: Rear of temple showing back and side without columns

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: Remains of elaborately carved cornice with lion waterspout

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: View of the interior engaged Corinthian columns and arcade

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek: View of the interior engaged Corinthian columns and arcade, cornice in foreground

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Detail of massive retaining walls

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Detail of massive retaining walls

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Detail, altar of the Temple of Jupiter

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Interior details, temple complex

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Interior, crypt of the Temple of Jupiter

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek: Overall view, remaining columns of the eastern facade of the Temple of Jupiter; Temple of Bacchus in background

Temple of Venus, Baalbek: Interior showing engaged pediment detail

Temple of Venus, Baalbek: Overall view of exterior