Faqra
- Roman temple.
- Natural bridge.
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....Somewhat
to the north of these constructions, one sees a fine monolithic bridge whose
arch spans a hollow sculpted by the eroding river before its savage leap
over the cliff named Blanche. This splendid natural bridge, one of the greatest
in the world with its 50-metre span, overhangs a basin full of enormous
blocks of stone that have crashed down from the sides. A keen eye easily
discovers fossilized seashells embedded in the surrounding strata, dating
back 200 million years. They delight collectors and excite the wonder of
geologists and men of learning. The springs of water, the natural bridge
and the temples all in such close proximity make this upper valley of Naher
el Kaleb a favorite haunt of hikers and sightseers, for whom Nature displays
her captivating contrasts of power and of controlled violence, of austerity
and of generous abundance, of disturbing question-raising phenomena
and of long-vanished deep religious sensibilities.....
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Decree
N. 2385 of 17/1/1924 as amended by law N. 76 of 3/4/1999 ( articles 2, 5, 15,
49 and 85 ) lays down as follows:
The author of a literary or artistic work, by the very fact of authorship, has
absolute right of ownership over the work, without obligation of recourse to
formal procedures . The author will himself enjoy the benefit of exploitation
of his work, and he possesses exclusive rights of publication and of the reproduction
under any form whatsoever. Whether the work in question comes under the public
domain or not those persons will be liable to imprisonment for a period of one
to three years and to fine of between five and fifty million Lebanese pounds,
or to either one of these penalties, who
1-will
have appended or caused to be appended a usurped name on a literary or artistic
work;
2-will have fraudulently imitated the signature or trademark adopted by an author,
with a view to deceiving the buyer;
3-will have counterfeited a literary or artistic work;
4-or will have knowingly sold, received, or put on sale or into circulation
a work which is counterfeit or signed with a forged signature.
The punishment will be increased in the event of repetition.