Baalbec. Interior of Gt. Court / Bonfils. – Historic Reproduction
![Baalbec. Interior of Gt. Court / Bonfils., [between 1870 and 1880] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a8/a87464288cef-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Baalbec. Interior of Gt. Court / Bonfils., a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Baalbec. Interior of Gt. Court / Bonfils.
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This view looks across the Great Court at Baalbek, the Roman religious complex in the Bekaa Valley of present-day Lebanon, where the rows of stone columns and open paving are the features that set it apart. The site was built under Roman rule, when the city was known as Heliopolis, and its monumental temples drew travelers and archaeologists throughout the 19th century. The photograph was made by Bonfils, the Beirut studio that sold views of the Levant to tourists and collectors, and the number "191" written on the image suggests it was part of a numbered series. The album label "Constantinople" indicates that prints like this one were often gathered into albums of Ottoman and Eastern Mediterranean scenes.
| Created / published | [between 1870 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Beyrout |
| Subjects | No. 191"--written in image. In album: Constantinople |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,310 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182901 |
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