Bacchus Temple photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow The cella (interior) of the Temple of Bacchus, of imposing size (27 m out of 22,5 m), was decorated with Corinthian columns and of two stages of niches with triangular pediment. At the bottom,
a staircase went up to the Adyton, the Holy of Holies of the temple, where the statue of the god was. Intricately carved stone ceiling in the Vestibule of the Temple
of Bacchus (also known as 'The Little Temple'), constructed during the first half of the 2nd century A.D., at the ruins of Baalbeck, Lebanon's greatest Roman treasure.
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