4/5 Patrick L. 7 years ago on Google
the
northern
village
of
Bziza
(85
km
from
Beirut)
lies
a
well-preserved
2d-century
Roman
temple
with
three
of
its
frontal
columns
still
standing.
The
western
façade
is
embellished
by
an
elegant
portico
of
three
limestone
columns,
the
remainder
of
an
original
four,
supporting
architecture
of
the
ionic
order.
Built
in
the
Ionic
building
order,
it
is
has
been
well-preserved
because
it
was
converted
into
a
two-apse
church
in
the
early
Byzantine
age.
Inside,
you
can
still
see
the
niches
in
which
statues
must
have
stood.
When
the
temple
was
converted
into
a
church,
its
orientation,
which
used
to
be
from
the
northwest
to
the
southeast,
was
changed.
A
new
entrance
was
made
in
the
southwest,
while
the
northeast
wall
was
replaced
by
an
unusual
double
apse.
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