One of the best-preserved Roman temples still standing in the former territory of Roman Empire is the Maison carrée, an old Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France. It is a caesareum, a medium-sized Augustan provincial shrine dedicated to the Imperial cult. The neoclassical Église de la Madeleine in Paris, the St. Marcellinus Church in Rogalin, Poland, and the Virginia State Capitol in the United States were all influenced by the Maison carrée. In 1785, when Thomas Jefferson was minister to F ... (Read More)