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This temple dates back to the end of the 2nd century BC and has remained more or less intact. Nineteen of the twenty Corinthian columns which surround it survive but the trabeation and the original roof (probably a dome) are missing. The temple is commonly known as the Temple of Vesta. It was turned into a church under Christianity, and was first dedicated to S. Stefano delle Carozze and then, halfway through the 16th century, to S. Maria del Sole, because an image of the temple emanating a ray of sunlight had been found in the Tiber.

Technical: ISO 100, 1/125, 1:3.6, f=12.8mm (58mm-eq)

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