Beiteddine Palace Museum References Navigation menu33°24′53″N 35°20′41″E / 33.414639°N 35.344776°E / 33.414639; 35.344776The Stables and the Mosaic Exhibition
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Duck mosaic | |
Location | Beiteddine Palace, Beiteddine, Lebanon |
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Coordinates | 33°24′53″N 35°20′41″E / 33.414639°N 35.344776°E / 33.414639; 35.344776 |
Type | Archaeological |
The Beiteddine Palace Museum is installed in the old stables, which once housed riders and horses of the Beiteddine Palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon.
The museum displays a significant collection of Byzantine mosaics. The majority of them come from the site of the coastal city of Jieh, the ancient Porphyreon. The Byzantine-Greek inscriptions appearing on the mosaics date them back to the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. Further mosaics from different Lebanese sites are displayed in the adjacent palace gardens.[1]
Mosaic in the palace garden
Wild boar and bear
Leopard
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