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
[edit]- ^ "Bziza". Ikama. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ . 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.
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External links
[edit]- Bziza Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Localiban
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