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Tempio di Castore e Polluce & Casa delle Vestali
From the path that runs parallel to Via Sacra, you'll see the stubby ruins of the
Basilica Gi-
ulia
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, which was begun by Julius Caesar and finished by Augustus.
At the end of the basilica, the three columns you see belong to the 5th-century-BC Tempio
di Castore e Polluce (Temple of Castor and Pollux). Near the temple, the
Chiesa di Santa
Maria Antiqua
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is the oldest Christian church in the Forum, and the
Casa delle Vestali (House of the Vestal Virgins) was home to the virgins who tended the
