DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.10358#0070
PHCENICIA AND LEBANON.
47
island on the west and south-west was once covered by a massive sea-wall, protecting the
harbour from the waves, but after the destruction of the harbour by Fakhr ed Din, the
THE CITADEL OF SAIDA, THE ANCIENT SIDON.
Now called the Kul'at el Mezzeh. It stands on the south-eastern extremity of the town, on a heap of rubbish in which layers of the purple
shell still are visible.
huge blocks were removed for building purposes, and in rough weather the sea makes a
clean breach over the rocks into the little harbour. The old seats of Phoenician art and
commerce have fallen into ruin and decay. Arvad, Gebal, Sidon and Tyre are hardly
47
island on the west and south-west was once covered by a massive sea-wall, protecting the
harbour from the waves, but after the destruction of the harbour by Fakhr ed Din, the
THE CITADEL OF SAIDA, THE ANCIENT SIDON.
Now called the Kul'at el Mezzeh. It stands on the south-eastern extremity of the town, on a heap of rubbish in which layers of the purple
shell still are visible.
huge blocks were removed for building purposes, and in rough weather the sea makes a
clean breach over the rocks into the little harbour. The old seats of Phoenician art and
commerce have fallen into ruin and decay. Arvad, Gebal, Sidon and Tyre are hardly