The aim of the excavations in the year 2012 was to clarify the layout and the state of preservation of the entrance of the Byzantine Basilica. In the entrance, was discovered a new space which served as an atrium with an internal portico of considerable size (about 17m in the east-west direction, 15.50m in the north-south direction) which communicated with the narthex through two entrances that corresponded to the side aisles of the basilica. In the outer part and northern side of this space, a series of walls with different chronologies and related to several rooms, whose function remains unknown, have come to light. So, as a result of the excavation carried out this year, it turns out that the Basilica of Phoinike (which dates back to the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the 6th century) is a particularly monumental complex consisting of a structure with three aisles and a transept. To this system is added a narthex with two pastophoria and a large atrium, probably with colonnades on all four sides, which therefore seem to have been surrounded by internal porticoes. The construction technique is mainly with reused material, as evidenced by the old excavations of Luigi Ugolini, and confirmed by the new excavations. Interior decorations have largely been lost, but the few surviving remains suggest less than grand decoration compared to the complex architectural plan. This architectural ensemble, which probably extends further west, beyond the atrium, finds parallels with the monumental basilicas of Nikopolis or Bylis.