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...atter, dedicated to St [[Judas Cyriacus]], is said to occupy the site of a temple of Venus, who is mentioned by [[Catullus]] and [[Juvenal]] as the [[tutelar ...It is a fine [[Romanesque]] building in grey stone, built in the form of a Greek cross, with a dodecagonal dome over the center slightly altered by Margarit

...tions include the [[Cumaean Sibyl|Sibyl]]'s cave at [[Cumae]], the [[Greek temple]]s at [[Paestum]], the Roman ruins at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]], the ...part of [[Magna Graecia]], the Greek colonies of southern Italy; the first Greek colony was founded at [[Cumae]], north of present day Naples, in the 8th ce

...d through the Monaco area. A temple was constructed there by Phoceans, the temple of Hercules Monoikos.

...s fine natural harbour. It should be noted however that the city was never Greek. Palermo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, a ...pasimo''' was built in [[1506]] and later turned into a hospital. For this temple [[Raphael]] painted his famous ''[[Sicilia's Spasimo]]'', now in the [[Muse

...en by the natives--bear traces of all the periods in its history, from its Greek birth until the present day. ...he neighbouring Pizzofalcone hill. Parthenope was named after the siren in Greek mythology said to have washed ashore at Megaride after throwing herself int

...in language|Latin]], ''architectura'' and ultimately from [[Greek language|Greek]], ''αρχιτεκτων'', "a master builder", from ''αρχι-'' "chief, ...e and urbanism of the Classical civilisations such as the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] and the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] evolved from more civic ideas and new buil

...mentioned as early as [[1135]]. Little remains of the original Middle Ages temple can be seen. The church is mainly linked to [[Ludovico Antonio Muratori]], ...John Baptist Beheaded") was built in the 16th century over a pre-existing temple dedicated to St. Michael, and modified in the 18th century.

...lian]] and [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]], ''Σικελία'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]) is an [[Autonomous regions with special statute (Italy)|autonomous regio [[Image:Jacob Philipp Hackert 006.jpg|thumb|300px|Landscape with temple ruins on Sicily, [[Jacob Philipp Hackert]], 1778]]

...seven cups of the golden candelabrum (called the [[Menorah]]) in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Olive oil was also used for anointing the kings of [[Kingdom ...e [[Messiah]] (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one" -- mashiach). The word [[Christ]] (Greek Χριστός, Khristos, "the anointed one") is a literal translation of "

...closing time. The Museum has an excellent collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art. The coin & medals collection is also exhaustive in its scop ...at least it wasn't called a "temple for bullfrogs" or "a bastard begot of temple and warehouse" as the Secession building was. The entryway features the mot