Temple of bel (Palmyra)

The temple, consecrated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra and was dedicated in 32 CE.

The temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire in a campaign against the temples of the East made by Maternus Cynegius, Praetorian Prefect of Oriens, between 25 May 385 to 19 March 388.

The Temple of Bel in ancient Tadmor was converted into a Christian church during the Byzantine Era.

Parts of the structure were modified by Arabs circa 1132 CE which preserved the structure and converted the Temple into a mosque. The mosque in the temple proper and the dwellings remained in use until the 1920s CE when Franco-Syrian archaeological missions cleared the temple grounds of its postclassical elements.

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