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 Pictures of Baalbek and Kaftoun, July 2005
Added by Michael Fares on 2005-08-15 from 68.49.241.223 Pictures of Baalbek and Kaftoun, July 2005 (24 Pictures) |  Old photos of days gone by
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2005-08-16 from 68.49.241.223 Old photos of days gone by (184 Pictures) |  Olive Picking - October 31, 2005
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2005-11-10 from 166.87.255.131 Olive Picking - October 31, 2005 (7 Pictures) |  Trimming Washingtonian Palm
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2005-11-25 from 166.87.255.133 Trimming Washingtonian Palm (7 Pictures) |  Dagher-Fettetr Wedding, July 16, 2005, NC
This album contains photos from the wedding of Maya Dagher, Lillian Semaan's daughter. Added on 2005-12-15. Dagher-Fettetr Wedding, July 16, 2005, NC (9 Pictures) |  Ghadi Shayban Performs With The Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Added by Jay Fares on 2006-01-01 Ghadi Shayban Performs With The Charleston Symphony Orchestra (11 Pictures) |  Christmas Break 2005
Vist to Kaftoun Jan 3 - Jan 10, 2006. Added by Michael Fares on 2006-01-10 Christmas Break 2005 (17 Pictures) |  The Wedding of Juweel Soleana and Bassam El Ayoubi (Khawla Fares' Son)
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-04-01 from 212.98.150.6 The Wedding of Juweel Soleana and Bassam El Ayoubi (Khawla Fares' Son) (12 Pictures) |  Not very old photos of days gone by
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-04-01 Not very old photos of days gone by (85 Pictures) |  Easter Visit to Amel In Ottawa
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-04-24 from 166.87.255.133 Easter Visit to Amel In Ottawa (7 Pictures) |  Chesapeake Bay Fishing Trip, May 20, 2006
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-06-02 from 166.87.255.132 Chesapeake Bay Fishing Trip, May 20, 2006 (9 Pictures) |  Sally Fares' 9th Grade Prom Pictures
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-06-01 from 166.87.255.133 Sally Fares' 9th Grade Prom Pictures (15 Pictures) |  Chabab Kaftoun, Eastern Province, KSA
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-06-08 from 166.87.255.133 Chabab Kaftoun, Eastern Province, KSA (6 Pictures) |  Kaftoun Satellite Images
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-07-10 from 166.87.255.133 Kaftoun Satellite Images (10 Pictures) |  Excursion to Washington DC, Sep 9 - 10, 2006
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-10-01 from 166.87.255.131 Excursion to Washington DC, Sep 9 - 10, 2006 (16 Pictures) |  Visit to Petris, Sep 3 to Sep 22, 2006
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-10-02 from 166.87.255.131 Visit to Petris, Sep 3 to Sep 22, 2006 (43 Pictures) |  Baseball Game, Houston Astros vs CIN Reds, Sep 19, 2006
Added by Jay Fares (Publisher) on 2006-10-02 from 166.87.255.133 Baseball Game, Houston Astros vs CIN Reds, Sep 19, 2006 (45 Pictures) |  Teresa's 50th Birthday, Oct 1, 2006
Teresa's 50th Birthday in Dhahran, as arranged by Judy Amos and Anne Smith Teresa's 50th Birthday, Oct 1, 2006 (13 Pictures) |
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The Village of Kaftoun, Koura, Lebanon
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This lovely mountain resort town is perched above the eastern end of
the beautiful Kadisha Gorge and at the foothills of the Cedars of Lebanon.
It is the brith place of Lebanon's most famous author
Khalil Gibran. It has a small museum which pays tribute to him.
Beiteddine palace was built over a period of thirty years by Emir Bechir Chehab II.
It's architecture reflects the typical oriental architecture of the 19th century Ottoman Era.
It is remarkable for its glamorous
arcades, multicolored mosaic floors, reception rooms, harems, hammams
and even by its guest house "Diyafa" where passing guests were lodged
(French poet Lamartine stayed once there).
Detail of the Sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos, seated
on a cherub throne, before an offering table, 13th century B.C (National Museum of Beirut).
Around 1200 B.C. the scribes of Byblos developed an alphabetic phonetic script, the precursor of our modern
alphabet. By 800 B.C., it had traveled to Greece, changing forever the way man communicated.
Located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon, Baalbek is an ancient city
that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Originally
Canaanite (3rd century BC), the Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines,
and Arabs successively occupied Ba'albek and left their imprints on the
place, often modifying what existed previously.
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