| Official Name: | Nahle |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baalbek-Hermel |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Baalbek |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Nahle | |
| Native Name: | نحله |
| Map Type: | Lebanon |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Location: | 6km (04miles) northeast of Baalbek |
| Region: | Baalbek |
| Coordinates: | 34.0583°N 36.2994°W |
| Cultures: | Roman |
| Condition: | Ruins |
| Public Access: | Yes |
Nahle (Arabic: نحله)), is a village situated 6km (04miles) northeast of Baalbek in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.[1] It has the ruins of a Roman temple.
The name "Nahlah" means "honey bee".[2]
Nahle was probably founded during Roman rule of the region, that was called in the first century Roman Phoenicia.
The 13th-century geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi listed Nahlah in his geographical dictionary, with its entry being "a village lying 3 miles from Ba'labakk".[2]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Nahleh as a Metawileh village in the Baalbek area.[3]
Actually Nahle is located above a deep and very pretty valley. It is noteworthy to pinpoint that the slopes of this village are studded with the familiar burial chambers often found near Roman/Byzantine sites.
There are the ruins of a Roman temple in the village that are included in a group of Temples of the Beqaa Valley.[4]
The temple foundations are made of gigantic blocks of stone, upon which sit the remains of a podium. The podium has a long inscription written on it that is now almost impossible to read.[1] The huge foundations indicate that there was a huge temple over these foundations during Roman centuries.[5]
This sanctuary consisted of two parts: an open air court and a large room with a ceiling where notches for the wooden beam still exist. Only a few courses of stone are still standing, but the temple maintains its dignity despite crowding by modern village residences.
