Bziza

Bziza (Arabic: بزيزا) is a village in Koura District of Lebanon. There is a well-preserved Roman temple with three of its frontal portico columns still standing. In Byzantine times a two-apse church known as Our Lady of the Columns was built within its walls.[1]

Temple of Bziza

The population is primarily but not exclusively Maronite with some Eastern and Greek Orthodox residents.[2]

References

  1. Ikama Lebanon website
  2. "Municipal and ikhtiyariah elections in Northern Lebanon" (PDF). The Monthly. March 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.


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