September
10
/ 2021
In the World Heritage Site of Évora, the capital of Portugal's south-central Alentejo region, one of the best-preserved Roman temples in the Iberian Peninsula dominates the centre of a large plaza at the high point of the hilly city. Surrounded by imposing buildings constructed more than a millennium later, the so-called Temple of Diana resembles an evocative movie set or a virtual-reality time warp, but things are not always as they appear to be. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"89691","attributes":{"alt":"The Roman Temple of Diana in the square ( Alvesgaspar/ CC BY-SA 3.0)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px; height: 453px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] The Roman Temple of Diana in the square ( Alvesgaspar / CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The ‘Temple of Diana’ Or Imperial Cult A street winds around two sides of the
