Dakoue
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|subdivision_name1 = Beqaa Governorate
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|subdivision_name2 = Western Beqaa District
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|leader_name = Raymond al-Ghajar
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|location = {{convert|3|km|mi}} southwest of Mejdel Anjar, Lebanon
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Dakoue (also spelled Dakoueh, or Dekweh) is a village located {{convert|3|km|mi}} southwest of Mejdel Anjar, Lebanon. It is predominantly inhabited by shepherds and farmers.{{cite book|author1=Collectif|author2=Jean-Paul Labourdette|author3=Dominique Auzias|title=Liban|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACggEMqcDOUC&pg=PA287|access-date=18 September 2012|date=1 June 2011|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=978-2-7469-4918-8|pages=287–}}{{cite book|author1=Dominique Auzias|author2=Jean-Paul Labourdette|author3=Collectif|title=Liban 2012 (avec cartes, photos + avis des lecteurs)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8WN9NAG0UYC&pg=PA112|access-date=18 September 2012|date=17 July 2012|publisher=Petit Futé|isbn=978-2-7469-6383-2|pages=112–}}
Heavy Neolithic site of the Qaraoun culture
There is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture located {{convert|700|m|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materials.{{cite book|last=Moore|first=A.M.T.|title=The Neolithic of the Levant|publisher=Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis|year=1978|pages=444–446|url=http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/185.html}}{{cite book|author1=L. Copeland|author2=P. Wescombe|title=Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhPRQwAACAAJ|access-date=29 August 2011|year=1966|publisher=Impr. Catholique}}
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.{{cite book|author=George Taylor|title=The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ii8NAQAAIAAJ|access-date=18 September 2012|year=1971|publisher=Dar el-Machreq Publishers}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.lebanon.com/tourism/dekweh.htm Photo of the temple at www.lebanon.com]
- [http://www.ikamalebanon.com/national_heritage/beqaa_nh/bq_cities_nh/dekweh.htm Dekweh on ikamalebanon.com]
- [http://almashriq.hiof.no/ddc/projects/mot/photobase/images/MT12/JPEG0186.html Photo of Dekweh temple on the website of the American University of Beirut]
- [http://almashriq.hiof.no/ddc/projects/mot/photobase/images/MT11/JPEG0028.html Photo of Dekweh temple on the website of the American University of Beirut]
- [http://localiban.org/spip.php?article3987 Dakoueh on Localiban]
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{{Heavy Neolithic sites}}
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