Tempio di Antonino e Faustina

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Entering the Roman Forum from Largo della Salara Vecchia – you can also enter directly from the Palatino or from the Arco di Tito – you’ll see the Tempio di Antonino e Faustina ahead to your left. Erected in AD 141, this temple was transformed into a church, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda, in the 11th century.

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