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    The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. It was originally built in...
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    the statues of the Dioscuri, the marble renditions of Castor and Pollux, from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and two statues of marble weapons from the...
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    dates of construction: the Temple of Saturn (497 BC) and the Temple of Castor and Pollux (484 BC). The Temple of Concord was added in the following century...
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    Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. p. 84. Site for course on Temples of Castor and Pollux and Saturn Archived 2007-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Gjerstad...
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    Quirinale where the pair of gigantic Roman marble "Horse Tamers" representing Castor and Pollux, found in the Baths of Constantine, were re-erected in 1588....
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    last complex of Roman baths was built here, as the statues of the twins Castor and Pollux taming the horses decorating the fountain in the square testify...
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    ancient pagan cult of the two brothers Castor and Pollux, who had been worshipped in the nearby Temple of Castor and Pollux. The apse was decorated with...
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    corresponds to a column. Giuseppe Sacconi was inspired by the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum nearby. Each propylaeum has a bronze statue...
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    The symbols used to count race-laps also held religious significance; Castor and Pollux, who were born from an egg, were patrons of horses, horsemen...
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    ground being lower here) at the end of the basilica facing the Temple of Castor and Pollux. The earliest excavations of the Basilica Julia in the late 15th...
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    influential of Michelangelo's designs. The two massive ancient statues of Castor and Pollux that decorate the balustrades are not the same as those posed...
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  • Ammotragus lervia (†) Callosciurus erythraeus (†) Capra hircus (†) (M) Castor canadensis (†) Erinaceus spp. (†) (M) Felis silvestris f. catus (†) * Herpestes...
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  • estero (Argentina) y sus afinidades paleobiogeográficas". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 51 (6): 83–100. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492011000600001. Tomassini, Rodrigo...
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  • Pleistocene of Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 57 (3): 23–29. doi:10.11606/0031-1049.2017.57.03. hdl:11336/56638. Michael...
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