Archaeology · 1st c. AD
Roman Temple of Évora
Templo Romano de Évora
Walled into a castle tower, the Roman temple served as a butcher's shop for centuries; that use saved it.
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The Temple of Diana that never was 17th c.
Priest Manuel Fialho names it the Temple of Diana; archaeology does not support the goddess.
Portugal's first big dig 1840
Librarian Cunha Rivara clears the buildings around it in the first major excavation in Portugal.
Freed from the tower 1872
Italian architect Giuseppe Cinatti strips away the medieval walls and restores the columns.
A temple that survived as a butcher's shop until 1836
Walled into a castle tower, the Roman temple served as a butcher's shop for centuries; that use saved it.
Built for an emperor 1st c. AD
The temple rises in the forum of Liberalitas Iulia, probably for the cult of Emperor Augustus.