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Burton, is in ail indifierent style of sculpture, and presents but a poor idea of the state of the arts at that time. Mr. Wood, however, regards them, though bad in design as well as execution, as contributing to the magnifi- IT.— T Digitized by Google 842 EUIKS OF ANCIENT CITIES. cence of the edifice. Within the arch is a marbte staircase, leading by fifty steps to the summit. The site of the temple of Romulus is now occu- pied by the Church of San Teodoro, a small rotunda. The walls are of gr...eat antiquity, and mahrellous- ly perfect. In regard to the temple of Romulus aud Remus, few buildings have occasioned more disputes. It is supposed to be what is now the Church of S.S. Cosimo e Damiano ; the vestibule, several porphyry columns, and a bronze door of which are exceeding- ly ancient. The temple of Vesta, erected 1)y Numa, now forms part of the Church of S. Maria del Sola. It is of Greek architecture, and surrounded by a porti. CO of nineteen Corinthian columns, on a flight of steps, the whole of Parian marble.
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