The Capitoline Temple

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Canon 7D, 10-22mm Lens


This ancient roman temple is situated in the Ruins of Volubilis, near Meknes, Morocco in North Africa.

The Capitoline Temple was of great importance to civic life as it was dedicated to the three chief divinities of the Roman state, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Civic assemblies were held in front of the temple to beseech the aid of the gods or to thank them for successes in major civic undertakings such as fighting wars. The layout of the temple, is somewhat unusual and it has been suggested that it may have been built on top of an existing shrine. An inscription found in 1924 records that it was reconstructed in 218.

The Photographer

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Shadow of my daughter taking a photo of the armanents museum in Fes, Morocco.  Late afternoon sunlight throwing the shadow on the clay wall.

The Decumanus Maximus at Volubilis

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On the main road in Volubilis looking back to the Triumphal Arch (In the distance).  This is at sunset and the light was amazing.  I was surprised how large the site was.  Sent shivers down my spine knowing that so many generations before us, this was a city that lived and breathed life, and now it's in ruins.  Will our cities we live in now go the same way in a thousand years?