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Near the decumanus of the Roman town of Augusta Emerita (modern-day Mérida in Spain) some parts of a temple, erroneously assigned to the goddess Diana on its discovery, have been incorporated into a 16th century palace. The building, built in the 1st century BCE, belonged to the city forum and was probably dedicated to the Imperial cult. It was a peripteral hexastyle temple set on a high podium, with the entrance probably on the north. It was made of granite and must have been adorned with stucco or marble.
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