# Tempelresten in Baalbek, Libanon

- By: Gustave Le Gray (Villiers-le-Bel, 1820–1884)
- Date: c. 1860
- Medium: paper
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 254 mm x width 557 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-00-80--cf550afba8469eb6984a1e0fbdaea034)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NRGMa/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Around 1860 Le Gray resided at the court of a Lebanese sheikh as a drawing instructor. He captured this historical site and the ancient temple ruins. In order to take a sweeping panoramic photograph, he mounted two paper negatives together, as is the case here. The Roman emperor Trajan once visited this place, where he raised a temple dedicated to Jupiter.