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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