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Dakoue Dakoueh, Dekweh
Village
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Western Beqaa District
Government
• Mayor	Raymond al-Ghajar
Population
• Total	800

Dakoue

Shown within Lebanon
Location	3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Mejdel Anjar, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°41′42″N 35°53′35″E / 33.69500°N 35.89306°E / 33.69500; 35.89306
History
Periods	Heavy Neolithic, Neolithic, Roman
Cultures	Qaraoun culture
Site notes
Public access	Unknown

Dakoue (also spelled Dakoueh, or Dekweh) is a village located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Mejdel Anjar, Lebanon. It is predominantly inhabited by shepherds and farmers.

Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture

There is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture located 700 metres (2,300 ft) northwest of the village where plentiful Heavy Neolithic flint adzes, axes, debitage and waste material were found along with large amounts of Paleolithic materials.

Roman temple

Behind the village there are the ruins of a Roman temple that still retains a central courtyard and a front colonnade composed of three columns. The temple was converted into a church and a chapel can be accessed via an opening in the west wall. There is a path leading from the temple to an ancient graveyard with tombs and sarcophagi. George Taylor noted the temple was aligned to the south west and classified it as a Prostylos temple. He noted that the decoration of the window, cornice and capital displayed a design unique in Lebanon.

References

1. ^ Collectif; Jean-Paul Labourdette; Dominique Auzias (1 June 2011). Liban. Petit Futé. pp. 287–. ISBN 978-2-7469-4918-8. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
2. ^ Dominique Auzias; Jean-Paul Labourdette; Collectif (17 July 2012). Liban 2012 (avec cartes, photos + avis des lecteurs). Petit Futé. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-2-7469-6383-2. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 444–446.
4. L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
5. George Taylor (1971). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

External links

• Photo of the temple at www.lebanon.com
• Dekweh on ikamalebanon.com
• Photo of Dekweh temple on the website of the American University of Beirut
• Photo of Dekweh temple on the website of the American University of Beirut
• Dakoueh on Localiban

v t e Western Beqaa District, Beqaa Governorate
Capital: Joub Jannine
Towns and villages	Aammiq Aana Ain Zebdeh Aitanite Baaloul Bab Mareaa Baidar ech Chamout Dakoue Ghazzeh Haouch El Harimeh Kamid al lawz Kefraya Khiara Lala Libbaya Machghara Manara Marj Meidoun Qaraoun Qelaya Saghbine Sawiri Sohmor Sultan Yacoub Tell Zenoub Yohmor Zilaya
Other	Amlaq Qatih Bustan Birke

v t e Heavy Neolithic sites

Aadloun II Akkar plain foothills Akbiyeh Al-Bireh Amlaq Qatih Ard Saouda Baidar ech Chamout Beit Mery II Bustan Birke Dakoue Dekwaneh II Douris, Lebanon Douwara Flaoui Fadous Sud Hadeth south Jbaa Jdeideh I Jdeideh II Jebel Aabeby Kamid al lawz I Kefraya Kfar Tebnit Khallet Michte I Khallet Michte II Khallet el Hamra Mejdel Anjar I Moukhtara Mtaileb I Nabi Zair Plain of Zgharta Qaraoun I Qaraoun II Rayak North Sarepta Sidon III Taire II Tayibe Tell Ain el Meten Tell Khardane Tell Mureibit Tell Zenoub Wadi Boura Wadi Koura Wadi Yaroun Wadi al-Far'a Wadi Sallah

v t e Archaeological sites in Lebanon

Aadloun Aaiha Aammiq Aaqbe Ain Aata Ain Choaab Ain Harcha Akbiyeh Akkar plain foothills Al-Bireh Amioun Amlaq Qatih Anjar, Lebanon Antelias cave Apheca Ard Saouda Ard Tlaili Arqa Augusti Pagus Baalbek Baidar ech Chamout Batroumine Batroun Bechamoun Beirut Beit Mery Belat temple Berytus (Roman Beirut) Bustan Birke Byblos Canalizations of Zenobia Dahr El Ahmar Dakoue Deir El Aachayer Deir Al-Ahmar Deir Mar Maroun Dekwaneh Douris (Baalbek) Elaea (Lebanon) Flaoui Fadous Sud Hebbariye Hadeth south Haret ech Cheikh Hashbai Heliopolis in Phoenicia Hermel plains Iaat Jabal es Saaïdé Jbaa Jdeideh Jebel Aabeby Jeita Grotto Joub Jannine Jieh Kafr Zabad Kamid el-Loz Kamouh el Hermel Karak Nuh Kaukaba Kefraya Kafr Tebnit Kfar Qouq Kfarhata Khallet Michte Kharayeb Khirbet El-Knese Kouachra megalith field Ksar Akil Labweh Lake Qaraoun (Ain Jaouze) Libbaya Lion Tower Majdal Anjar Mansourieh Maronite mummies Mayrouba Mdoukha (Jebel Kassir) Moukhtara Mtaileb Nabi Zair Nachcharini Nahle, Lebanon Neba'a Faour Nebi Safa Hosn Niha Phoenician port of Beirut Plain of Zgharta Qaa Qal'at Bustra Qalaat Tannour Qaraoun Qasr el Banat Ras Baalbek I Ras Beirut Ras El Kelb Rashaya Roman Forum of Berytus Roman hippodrome of Berytus Roman temple of Bziza Sands of Beirut Saraain El Faouqa Shheem Sidon Sin el Fil Sarepta Stone of the Pregnant Woman Tahun ben Aissa Taire Tayibe Tell Aalaq Tell Ablah Tell Addus Tell Ahle Tell Ain Cerif Tell Ain el Meten Tell Ain Ghessali Tell Ain Nfaikh Tell Ain Saouda Tell Ain Sofar Tell Ayoub Tell Bar Elias Tell Beshara Tell Bir Dakoue Tell Deir Tell Delhamieh Tell Derzenoun Tell Dibbine Tell el-Burak Tell El Ghassil Tell El Hadeth Tell Fadous Tell Hazzine Tell Hoch Rafqa Tell Karmita Tell Khardane Tell Kirri Tell Jezireh Tell Jisr Tell Kabb Elias Tell Majdaloun Tell Masoud Tell Mekhada Tell Meouchi Tell Mureibit Tell Murtafa Tell Nahariyah Tell Neba'a Chaate Tell Neba'a Litani Tell Qasr Labwe Tell Rasm El Hadeth Tell Rayak Tell Saatiya Tell Safiyeh Tell Saoudhi Tell Serhan Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai Tell Shamsine Tell Sultan Yakoub Tell Taalabaya Tell Wardeen Tell Zenoub Tell Zeitoun Temnin el-Foka Temple of Bacchus Temple of Eshmun Temple of Jupiter Temple of the Obelisks Toron Tripolis (region of Phoenicia) Tyre Necropolis Tyre Umm al-Amad Wadi Koura Wadi Yaroun Yammoune Yanta Ain W Zain Zahlé

• Populated places in Western Beqaa District
• Heavy Neolithic sites
• Neolithic settlements
• Archaeological sites in Lebanon
• Tourist attractions in Lebanon
• Ancient Roman temples
• Roman sites in Lebanon