Abstract
This work attempts to reconstruct the eastern sector of old Saida, based on an a map in ″Mission to Phoenicia″ written by Ernest Renan in 1864. The eastern sector went under dramatic changes of shape and function and the eastern borders had dissolved by the end of 19th century and turned into an open market that played an important role in the city′s economic and social life. Renan′s map showed features that were investigated by comparison with the current site, together with a field survey and the works of various historians and orientalists. It was possible to identify some urban features in Renan′s map and we concluded that it is reliable. We verified the 1864 map using the data collected for the buildings, the street network and the city limits, and for those parts that had changed we relied on Renan′s map.
