Asian top destinations

Anjar is one of the unique places in Lebanon that can not be compared with almost no sight or landmark in the country. This is definitely one of the Asian top destinations. Anjar today offers the ruins of an ancient city which is a unique testimony to city planning Umayyads. Anjar is located in the Zahle, which is part of the Bekaa Governorate. The ancient city stands in the Bekaa Valley in the western part of the average Lebanese. In literal translation Anjar means “running river”. The place is locally known as Haoush Mousa. Currently Anjar population is about 2400 people, consisting mainly of Armenians. In 1939 the town was inhabited by several thousand Armenian refugees from the Turkish area Musa Dagh. Located 58 km from Beirut, Anjar archaeological heritage is unmatched by any other monument in the country. Most of them are overlays of one another from different historical periods, while Anjar monument is an outstanding model of a single epoch. Although created relatively late (in the 8th century) Anjar no millennial history of the ancient cities like Babylon, but in contrast, managed to prosper for several decades. Here you can see this as a mosque in Baalbeck, but unless there are many ruins that tell the history of the Umayyads state. Founded between 705-715 years Anzhar quickly became an important trading crossroads, taking advantage of its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes leading to Damascus, Homs, Baalbek and the south. Anjar remain forever unique in the only historical example of domestic commercial center.
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