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Temple of Mercury (Puy de Dôme)

Orcines, Italy

Temple of Mercury (Puy de Dôme)

The Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose temple on the same site, which was apparently too small to accommodate the many pilgrims who visited. Its remains were revealed by excavatio

n campaigns in 1875 and at the turn of the century.

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