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The town of Anjar is one of the most beautiful natural and archaeological areas in Lebanon, where it enjoys a distinctive nature, blending with the ancient monuments in it, in a unique formation that the alphabet stands confused when describing it. The reason for naming Anjar is due to the spring that erupts at the foothills of the eastern mountains of Lebanon nearby, which was formerly known as "Ain Jarra". This town was founded by the Umayyad Caliph, Al-Walid bin Abdul-Malik, at the beginning of the eighth century AD, with the help of a group of highly experienced engineers and builders in the field of decoration, and they used columns, capitals and other Roman and Byzantine remains from the neighboring regions. Because of the fall of the Caliphate and the passage of time and the outbreak of conflicts and wars, this architectural masterpiece was destroyed and nothing remains of it today except for some monuments, in addition to the ancient Baalbek Mosque. It is the only Umayyad city in the world that still stands tall to this day.
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