Templo de Bel

The Temple of Bel, sometimes also referred to as the "Temple of Baal", was an ancient temple located in Palmyra, Syria [1]. 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 AD 32 [1]. The temple was closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire in a campaign against the temples of the East made by Maternus Cynegius between 25 May 385 to 19 March 388 [1]. The temple was built on a tell with stratification indicating human occupation that goes back to the third millennium BC [1]. The walls of the temenos and propylaea were constructed in the late first and the first half of the second century AD [1]. The Temple of Bel was converted into a Christian church during the Byzantine Era [1].