Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Anjar' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Anjar (meaning "unresolved or running river"; Arabic: xd8xb9xd9x86xd8xacxd8xb1xe2x80x8e / ALA-LC: xe2x80x98Anjar; also known as Hosh Mousa (Arabic: xd8xadxd9x88xd8xb4 xd9x85xd9x88xd8xb3xd9x89xe2x80x8e / xe1xb8xa4awsh Mxc5xabsxc3xa1), is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. | WIKI |
| The town's foundation is normally attributed to the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I, at the beginning of the 8th century, as a palace-city. | WIKI |
| Syriac graffiti found in the quarry from which the best stone was extracted offer the year 714, and there are Byzantine and Syriac sources attributing the establishment of the town to Umayyad princes, with one Syriac chronicle mentioning Walid I by name, while the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes the Confessor recorded that it was Walid's son, al-Abbas, who started building the town in 709-10. | WIKI |
| Like much of Lebanon in the 1960s, the town prospered economically. | WIKI |
| Vestiges of the city of Anjar therefore constitute a unique example of 8th century town planning. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Architectural complex possessing all the true characteristics of the Umayyad civilization, the city of Anjar constitutes an outstanding example of 8th century town planning of the Umayyad caliphate. | UNESCO |
| The surrounding walls of Anjar incorporate all the features of town planning and the monuments that characterise the Umayyad city. | UNESCO |