The antique Baalbeck has never 
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regained it's past splendor, in part 
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because of the earthquakes that struck 
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it, and also because it was transformed 
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during the Medieval period into a 
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fortress.
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Nevertheless, reconstructions conducted 
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by German, French and Lebanese 
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archeologists and architects since 1898 
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give us an idea of it's original splendor.