Anjar

Cultural
Anjar
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Lebanon
Year inscribed1984
Criteria(iii) (iv)

Overview

The city of Anjar was founded by Caliph Walid I at the beginning of the 8th century. The ruins reveal a very regular layout, reminiscent of the palace-cities of ancient times, and are a unique testimony to city planning under the Umayyads.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0