Iaat

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Coordinates: 34°3′58.36″N 36°9′15.52″E / 34.0662111°N 36.1543111°E / 34.0662111; 36.1543111

A photograph of the column from the first quarter of the 20th century

Iaat (Arabic: إيعات‎ also transliterated as Ya'ad, Yaad, Yaat, or Iaad) is a town located in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon mostly famous for its Corinthian column. The column stands at 251 meters (59.1 feet) it is installed on a 4 step base. The location of the Pillar is 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the Baalbek ruins, between the towns of Baalbek and Chlifa. At one point a plaque was installed on the northern side of the monument, however it has been removed and no other history is known of the column, which is believed to be a funerary monument. The column is also widely believed in local legend to be related to St. Helena.

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Capital: Baalbek
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Aadloun  • Aaiha  • Aammiq  • Ain Harcha  • Akbiyeh  • Amioun  • Amlaq Qatih  • Anjar, Lebanon  • Antelias cave  • Ard Saouda  • Ard Tlaili  • Arqa  • Baalbek  • Batroumine  • Batroun  • Bechamoun  • Beirut  • Beit Mery  • Bustan Birke  • Byblos  • Dahr El Ahmar  • Dakoue  • Deir El Aachayer  • Deir el Ahmar  • Dekwaneh  • Douris (Baalbek)  • Elaea (Lebanon)  • Hadeth south  • Haret ech Cheikh  • Hashbai  • Hermel plains  • Iaat  • Jabal es Saaïdé  • Jbaa  • Jdeideh  • Jebel Aabeby  • Jeita Grotto  • Joub Jannine  • Jieh  • Kamid al lawz  • Kaukaba  • Kefraya  • Kafr Tebnit  • Kfar Qouq  • Kfarhata  • Khallet Michte  · Kouachra megalith field  • Ksar Akil  • Labweh  • Lake Qaraoun (Ain Jaouze)  • Lion Tower  • Majdal Anjar  • Mansourieh  • Maronite mummies  • Mayrouba  • Moukhtara  · Mtaileb  · Nabi Zair  • Nachcharini  • Neba'a Faour  • Niha Bekaa  • Qaraoun  • Ras Baalbek I • Ras Beirut  • Ras El Kelb  • Sands of Beirut  • Sidon  • Sin el Fil  • Sarepta  • Stone of the Pregnant Woman  • Tahun ben Aissa  • Taire  • Tayibe  • Tell Ain Nfaikh  • Tell Ain Saouda  • Tell Deir  • Tell el-Burak  • Tell Khardane  • Tell Jisr  • Tell Mureibit  • Tell Neba'a Litani  • Tell Zenoub  • Tell Zeitoun  • Temple of Bacchus  • Temple of Eshmun  • Tlail megaliths  • Toron  • Tripolis (region of Phoenicia) • Tyre Necropolis  • Tyre, Lebanon  • Wadi Boura  • Yanta  • Ain W Zain  • Zahlé
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