Identifier: palestinesyriawi00karl (find matches)
Title: Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm) Socin, Albert, 1844-1899 Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935 Peters, John P. (John Punnett), 1852-1921
Subjects: Palestine -- Guidebooks Syria -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York, C. Scribner's sons (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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cannot now be easilydistinguished. The material, as of all the buildings at Palmyra,is a slightly reddish shell-limestone, obtained from quarries lyingto the W. of the castle. The temple stood upon a raised terrace and was enclosed by anOuter Wall, about 50 ft. in height and forming a square of whicheach side was 256 yds. in length (inside measure). One of thesesides only (N.) is now fairly well preserved. The substructure,which is probably still in existence below the surface of the earthin other places also, is about 10 ft. in height, formed of fine largeblocks, and about 20 ft. broader than the wall. The wall itself wasdivided into sections by thirteen pilasters, which still exist, and the Svn. PALMYRA. 41. Route. 341 flanked by pilasters 68 ft. in height, projecting in groups of three,and presenting the appearance of corner-towers. The square win-dows between*thefpilasters are also preserved, although for the mostpart(roughly filled with^stones. One of those not so obstructed may
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M2 Route 41. PALMYRA. Temple of the Sun. 1)6 used as an entrance to the interior. Small gates were also in-serted in the enclosing wall, and one of these, still turning on itsancient stone hinges, is extant. The foundations only of the otherthree sides of the outer wall are ancient, the upper part having beencarelessly built of ancient materials by the Arabs who used thetemple as a fortress (like the Acropolis of Baalbek, p. 320). A kindof moat was also constructed by them. On the W. side is the Prin-cipal Entrance, which is also an addition of the Muslim period,with a lofty pointed portal, occupying the site of the ancient portal,which was purposely destroyed. A grand flight of steps, 120 ft. inwidth, ascended to the Portico, which was formed by Corinthiancolumns 12 ft. in height. Within this was a large triple Portal,the pilasters of which are still to be seen in the modern tower, butprobably no longer in their original places. Inside are fine remainsof the ancient portico with rich

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