Temple of Bziza next Amioun North Lebannon
Temple of 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]

The population is primarily but not exclusively Maronite with some Eastern and Greek Orthodox residents.[2] The population of the town was 348 in 1953.[3]

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.
  3. ↑ (PDF). 2023-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20230324182139/https://scholarworks.aub.edu.lb/bitstream/handle/10938/3411/t-122.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

34°16′N 35°49′E / 34.267°N 35.817°E / 34.267; 35.817


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