Its Romanesque portal is a 19th-century restoration, but the Roman and Byzantine columns, and Roman mosaic floor, are authentic.
By 1980, 37 housing units and 35 shops were built, incorporating archaeological finds such as a Hasmonean wall from the second century BC and rows of Byzantine columns.
Among many Khazar and Rus items, Artamonov discovered Byzantine columns used in the construction of Sarkel.
At the center is the Spanish Courtyard, surrounded by a cloister with 12th-century Byzantine columns, reached by a large stone arched entryway in the center of the south wall.
Marble facades rise under the cypress trees with their Byzantine columns and their Arabian arches.
Later Byzantine columns were monolithic and usually of marble.
The two Byzantine columns in the Piazzetta in Venice were set up soon after 1172.
Further south, Byzantine columns and Corinthian capitals found in situ were re-installed to give visitors an idea of how the original Cardo looked.
A three-arched loggia with Byzantine columns and capitals surrounds it.
A Byzantine column can be found inside the church.