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About

The only medieval enclosure almost entirely preserved in Lebanon is that of Byblos. The enclosure has been the most important means of protection used for millennia.

It is, in fact, a high, thick wall with several towers encircling the city to protect it from external attacks. The enclosure is punctuated with large gates that designate access to the city, as well as smaller, more discreet gates that also facilitate entry.

About Byblos

The city of Jbeil is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. 8,000 years ago, it was a fishermen village that grew afterwards to a large Canaanite and then Phoenician city. Later on, it was turned into a Roman agglomeration whose many vestiges can still be observed, suggesting an ancient richness. An important Crusader city, Jbeil was fortified by the still-visible rampart within the walls of which a castle and a cathedral were built. During the Ottoman period, the city had a souk, large houses with red-tiled roofs and mosques.