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| Podium temple on the Schönbühl hill | |
| Ascent to the gods
A sizeable flight of steps lead from the theatre to the podium of a once magnificent temple complex. The podium temple was erected above earlier Gallo-Roman square temples and modelled on Mediterranean examples. It was built in AD 50-75, at the same time as the theatre on the opposite side. |
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| The best-preserved temple ruin of Augusta Raurica gives an impression of the massive 'podium', a 3 m high masonry base, which once supported the temple encircled by 26 columns. The sizeable ashlar masonry foundations of the six front columns are still clearly visible. | ||
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| The temple square and the grand-scale design of the outer portico encircling the entire complex gave the sanctuary a magnificent ambience, which would have commanded the attention of the theatre audience on the tiers of seats opposite. | ||
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