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Concordia temple in Agrigentum, Sicily Doric temple, 112 x 19.70 m
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Concordia temple in Agrigentum, Sicily Doric temple, 112 x 19.7...

Concordia temple in Agrigentum, Sicily Doric temple, 112 x 19.70 m
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Concordia temple in Agrigentum, Sicily Doric temple, 112 x 19.7...

A narrow street in Pompeii,with Vesuvius in the background.
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A narrow street in Pompeii,with Vesuvius in the background.

Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE decreed that cemeteries had to be built outside city limits. They were usually placed along the main highways.
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Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE d...

Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE decreed that cemeteries had to be built outside city limits. They were usually placed along the main highways.
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Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE d...

Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE decreed that cemeteries had to be built outside city limits. They were usually placed along the main highways.
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Via Appia Antica outside Rome. The "Twelve Tablet Law" of 451 BCE d...

Tres Taverne, 50 km south of Rome. Saint Paul was greeted here by members of the Jewish colony of Rome.
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Tres Taverne, 50 km south of Rome. Saint Paul was greeted h...

Concordia Temple, Agrigentum, Sicily. Doric, 112 x 19,70 m
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Concordia Temple, Agrigentum, Sicily. Doric, 112 x 19,70 m

Bagni di Lucca, 17th century "Devil's Bridge" across the river Serchio.
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Bagni di Lucca, 17th century "Devil's Bridge" across the river Serchio...

Bagni di Lucca, view from the hills. Bagni di Lucca was a very fashionable thermal town in the 18th and 19th century, with such regulars as philosopher Montaigne, poets Shelley, Byron and Heine, and Napoleon's merry sisters Pauline and Elisa.
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Bagni di Lucca, view from the hills. Bagni di Lucca was a very fashionable t...

Bagni di Lucca. Prince Nicolaus Demidoff, a fabulously rich Russian guest, built a small pavilion and bridge. His arms are on the bridge. His son Anatol married Princess Mathilde, cousin of Napoleon III. The couple also took the waters at Bagni di Lucca.
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Bagni di Lucca. Prince Nicolaus Demidoff, a fabulously rich Russian guest, buil...

Bagni di Lucca, Demidoff bridge with arms of Prince Nicolaus Demidoff who built pavilion and bridge during his many stays in the baths, hoping to cure his gout.
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Bagni di Lucca, Demidoff bridge with arms of Prince Nicolaus Demid...