Anjar Anjar is the only vestige in Lebanon dating from the Omayyad period and the caliphs considered it as their summer residence. Organized after a Byzantine city-plan, this city on the Intersection of the trade routes leading to Damascus, Homs and Baalbak housed 600 shops and its economic prosperity was well known. Whether destroyed by earthquakes or men, Anjar vanished in the VIIIth century.   About Lebanon Beirut The Shoof Area Baalbak Byblos Anjar Tripoli The Cedars South Lebanon Tour activities