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Alan K | all galleries >> Italia (Italy) >> Lazio E Roma, Aug-Sep 2016 and Oct 2019 >> 2016 Day 02: Roma, Roma Capitale (RM), Lazio. Full Day Before Tour (Sun 21 Aug 2016) > 160821_113627_0161 Oh, But In Its Prime...
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21-Aug-2016 AKMC

160821_113627_0161 Oh, But In Its Prime...

Roman Forum, Roma (Rome), Lazio, Italia (Italy)

Here we see the remains of the Temple Of Castor and Pollux. The original temple on this site was built after the last King of Rome Tarquin was vanquished, supposedly with help from the aforementioned twins. This, obviously, was not that temple. In fact that temple had already been replaced at least once when this one was built by Tiberius after the one that was here was destroyed by fire in 14 BC.

In one way it's sad to see that this is all that remains of it. In another, these 2000 year old towering columns still hold some of their old power. I opted to shoot from this "In your face" angle to emphasise that.


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Yvonne26-Mar-2017 10:35
They look a bit shaky, especially the column on the left!
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