antique world. Dominating the fertile Bekaa plain with their gigantic 
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proportions, they are the result of a project intended to testify of 
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the Roman power and wealth.
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Their plan denotes a strong semitic influence, and the triad 
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worshiped in Baalbeck, namely Jupiter, Vénus and Mercury was 
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grafted on the local triad Baal-Hadad, Atargasis, a mother 
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goddess and a young rejuvenation and fertility god.