Editing Byblos (section)

== Other historic buildings ==
* '''Byblos Wax Museum'''
{{Main|Byblos Wax Museum}}

The Byblos Wax Museum displays wax statues of characters whose dates of origin range from [[Phoenicia]]n times to current days.

* '''Byblos Fossil Museum'''
{{Main|Byblos Fossil Museum}}

The Byblos Fossil Museum has a collection of fossilised fish, sharks, eel, flying fish, and other marine life, some of which are millions of years old.

* '''Medieval city wall'''
The old medieval part of Byblos is surrounded by walls running about 270m from east to west and 200m from north to south.

* '''Byblos Castle'''
{{Main|Byblos Castle}}
Byblos Castle was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century. It is located in the archaeological site near the port.

* '''[[St. John's Cathedral, Byblos|St John the Baptist Church]]'''
Work on the church started during the Crusades in 1115. It was considered a cathedral and was partially destroyed during an earthquake in AD 1170. It was later given to the Maronite bishop as a gift by Prince [[Yusuf Shihab]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbail-byblos.gov.lb/baldati/amaken?la=en&id=6 |title=St. John-Marc Church |website=jbail-byblos.gov.lb}}</ref>

[[File:Sultan Abdul Majid mosque in Byblos, Lebanon (for women only).JPG|thumb|right|Sultan Abdulmejid mosque in Byblos, Lebanon]]

* '''Sultan Abduljid Mosque'''
The old mosque by the Castle dates back to the [[Mamluk]] period, and adopted the name of Sultan [[Abdulmejid I]] after he renovated it.

* '''Historic Quarter and Souks'''
In the southeast section of the historic city, near the entrance of the archaeological site, is an old market.

* '''Byblos International Festival'''
{{Main|Byblos International Festival}}
This summer music festival is an annual event that takes place in the historic quarter.

* '''Temple of Baalat Gebal'''
{{Main|Temple of Baalat Gebal}}

* '''Aram Bezikian Museum'''
The Armenian Genocide Orphans' Aram Bezikian Museum is a museum dedicated to preserving the memory of the Armenian Genocide and its survivors.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dagher |first1=Rhéa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WncxEAAAQBAJ |title=Art of Minorities: Cultural Representation in Museums of the Middle East and North Africa |last2=Kalindjian |first2=Rita |date=2020 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-4379-1 |editor-last=Rey |editor-first=Virginie |pages=180 |language=en |chapter=Paving the way for a Lebanese national narrative: Empathy at the Armenian Genocide Orphans' Aram Bezikian Museum in Lebanon}}</ref>