Most notable for its graceful stone arches and wide arcades, the ruins of Aanjar offer visitors a unique opportunity to step foot upon an ancient Islamic trading hub connecting Damascus to the Mediterranean. Situated at the southern end of the Bekaa Valley, Aanjar is among the world’s few known ruins of the 8th century Umayyad dynasty and is one of the region’s only examples of an inland commercial center.
At only 1,300 years old, Aanjar is one of Lebanon’s newer archaeological sites! The ruins were discovered by accident relatively recently (in 1949). 
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