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The oldest forum temple of Pola. A new approach

Twin temples were built by the Forum square at the Caesarean colony of Pola as part of the late Augustan urbanistic renovation programme. Massive foundation walls of a larger building, partially destroyed during the construction of the eastern temple, have been found located in the middle between them. Scholars sought to explain such foundations as building remains of a Curia, a Comitium, an altar, or a Corinthian octastyle prostyle temple. But, actually, not one single preserved stone element of architectural decoration in Pola could be associated to a hypothetical Corinthian temple corresponding to the preserved foundations. Lack of architectural ornament and a ground plan basically unsuitable for a Corinthian temple, due to its proportions and layout, prompted a new approach and a new interpretation proposal. Based on Vitruvian proportions, a Tuscan temple with two rows of columns, six in each row, fits the foundation walls. Such an interpretation changes radically the traditional picture of the monumental architecture in Pola.

Pola ; forum ; temple ; Tuscan order ; Vitruvius

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