Bziza (Arabic: بزيزا) is a village in Koura DistrictofLebanon. 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]
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