Walk through the center of Assisi and you'll pass the remains of a Temple to Minerva built in the 1st cent BCE. Most of its facade is still intact. In the Middle Ages, it served as a tribunal and jail. It was later converted into a church: Santa Maria sopra ("above"!) Minerva
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Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Assisi, Italy)
As you stroll through Piazza del Comune in the center of Assisi you'll pass the remains of this Roman era temple! What is now currently the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva was once a temple to the Roman goddess Minerva.Flickr
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in reply to ArturoViaggia • • •You can visit the old Roman square, which is underneath the current square, through the nearby museum.
There are even the steps leading up to the ancient temple.
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René Seindal
in reply to ArturoViaggia • • •I have some rather old photos from Assisi here, including from below the square.
https://sights.seindal.dk/italy/umbria/assisi/
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