Umayyad City Ruins
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The only Umayyad city ever built from scratch — Arab Islamic urban planning frozen in stone before the empire collapsed.
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The Middle East's only intact Umayyad fortified city, Aanjar was built in the early 8th century by Caliph Walid I as a merchant city along the Bekaa Valley trade route. Its well-preserved colonnaded main street, palace complex and 1500 shops reveal the sophisticated urban planning of early Islamic civilization.
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