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The temple of Portunus, which has also been called Temple of Fortuna Virilis - but the dedication to the harbour-god Portunus is now the generally favoured one. This is one of the best preserved Roman temples there is. The building that still stands dates to around 80-70 B.C. - replacing an older temple on the same spot. The temple survived because it was converted to a church (St. Mary - in around 872) and in the 16th century it was given to an order of Armenian monks who kept it in reasonable good shape.
"I always thought that there is little merit in virtue and very little fault in error." "Also because I still have not understood what exactly the virtue and what exactly is the error. "
"Why just move the latitude and see how the values become disvalues and vice versa"
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"Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy." --Fanny Burney
It was a glorious early morning at lake Braies in Italy. The sun started to rise giving the mountain ridge a golden glow. The lake is completely still appearing almost like a mirror offering the perfect reflection.
È collocata sulla sommità del paese, laddove sorgeva l'antica Acropoli, la chiesa di San Pietro, la più antica di Segni, venne costruita sui resti di un antico tempio romano dedicato alla dea Giunone Moneta. Parte delle celle laterali dell'antico edificio vennero riutilizzate per innalzare il campanile