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Under the direction of Prof. d'Espouy, the graduates of the famous Paris school of art, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, measured, rendered and shaded the views of the famous monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. These drawing were then reproduced by a 19th C. process called heliography. Machine translation of the original French narrative: Archaeologists do not agree on the name he should be attributed to the round-shaped building, located on the banks of the Tiber and placed today below the new docks. It is usually called the Temple of Vesta, but some scholars want to see there a temple of the Sun, others a temple of victorious Hercules. Nibby had noticed, and the works of several residents of the Académie de France have proven that the work of the various capitals presented notable differences. Moreover, Mr. Esquió became certain that the columns are inclined inwards (See the plan on plate 41). The style of the capitals, that of the bases, the proportion of the columns make suppose that the time of the construction of this building must be placed at the end of the 2nd century of the Christian era. Under the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471-1484), the temple was transformed into a church, first dedicated to Saint Stephen, then to the Virgin under the name of "Madonna del Sole". Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy!
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