Episode 1001
Roman temple of Bziza
Fri, 2020-Jan-31 01:06 UTC
Length - 2:15
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The featured article for Friday, 31 January 2020 is Roman temple of Bziza.
The Roman temple of Bziza is a well-preserved first century AD Roman temple in the Lebanese town of Bziza. The temple is dedicated to Azizos, a personification of the morning star in the Canaanite mythology. The temple lends the modern town of Bziza its current name as Bziza is a corruption of Beth Azizo meaning the house or temple of Azizos. Azizos is identified as Ares by Julian the Apostate.
The tetrastyle prostyle building has two doors that connect the pronaos to a square cella. To the back of the temple lie the remains of the adyton where images of the deity once stood. The ancient temple functioned as an aedes, the dwelling place of the deity. The temple of Bziza was converted into a church and underwent architectural modification during two phases of Christianization; in the Early Byzantine period and later in the Middle Ages. The church, colloquially known until modern times as the Lady of the Pillars, fell into disrepair. Despite the church's condition, Christian devotion was still maintained in the nineteenth century in one of the temple's niches.
The temple of Bziza is featured on multiple stamps issued by the Lebanese state.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:06 UTC on Friday, 31 January 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Roman temple of Bziza on Wikipedia.
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