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Byblos Castle

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Byblos Castle
Byblos Castle. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Byblos Castle (Arabic: قلعة جبيل) is a Crusader castle in Byblos, Lebanon. In Crusader times it was known as the Castle of Gibelet , also spelled Giblet, which belonged to the Genoese Republic Embriaco family, Lords of the city. It is adjacent to the Phoenician archaeological site containing the ruins of the Temple of Baalat Gebal and the Temple of the Obelisks.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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