In Bziza village in
the Koura plain east of Tripoli, is a well preserved Roman temple
with three if 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.
A short distance from the Roman temple is the barrel-vaulted Byzantine
chapel of St. Elias which sits beneath two oak trees. On the right
wall, near
the altar, is a medieval wall painting showing a halo and a portion
of a saint's body. South of the temple a short walk brings you to
series of rock cut tombs at road level.
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