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Travelogue: By Country | By Date Italy | February 2001  

 

Reading with Temple of Vesta in the background. Vesta was the goddess who protected the domestic hearth. The round shape comes from the round huts of very ancient Romans. A sacred fire had to be kept buring constantly. Unsurprisingly, the temple was destroyed by fires several times.

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