[1] They are divided into three sectors: that of the Claudius Tower and the monumental altars, on the hill to the north; that of the Small Temple, to the south and below, towards the stream of Nabaa el-Laban; and that of the Great Sanctuary, between the first two.

Livius[2]A bit lower on a slope, to the south of actual Faqra, are the remains of two ancient temples: the largest of these is dedicated to Adonis and the other one to Atargatis, the "Syrian goddess".

[7] The site also includes a temple to Zeus Beelgalasos, a sanctuary of Atargatis dedicated to Agrippa II and his sister Berenice, and two altars, built in 44 A.D.[8] According to some archaeologists, like Yassmine and Alioquot, the two most important archaeological areas of Qalaat Faqra are the "Claudius Tower" and the "Great Sanctuary": This archaeological sdtructure has an inscription with dedication to Roman emperor Claudius, who rebuilt it: that's the reason of its name.

A system of narrow corridors and sideways spiral staircases allows circulation inside the building and ends in a small rectangular room in the central core of the matched masonry block.

More famous examples of this type of structure are the altar-towers in the Great Court in front of the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek.The platform itself shows traces of pillars and the pedestals of two statues, so we may assume that there was a second storey: a kind of loggia, with a ceiling that we can no longer reconstruct.

Clearing the area east of the enclosure revealed a limestone altar-tower measuring approximately 4.30 m by 4.10 m, devoid of moldings at the base and crowned with an Egyptian gorge.

The interior space of the temenos is divided into two parts: a paved courtyard, roughly square and bordered by Tuscan porticos on three sides, precedes the upper terrace where the temple rises, beyond a flight of 'staircase covering the entire width of the sanctuary.

The remains of a monumental sandstone and limestone altar are preserved in the courtyard, slightly offset to the south from the median axis of the temple.