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Situated in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on one side of the Alcántara Bridge, is the Roman temple dedicated to Alcántara. It is one of just two nearly intact Roman temples in Spain, the other being the temple of Vic. The same architect, Gaius Julius Lacer, created the triumphal arch, the temple, and the bridge. He devoted the last structure to the deified emperors of Rome. His work was completed in 103 AD. Although the origin of the architect seems to be local, the building-elements share a stylistic similarity with modern structures in the province of Italica. This implies that the architect was born in what is now Italy and either studied there or subsequently relocated to the region of Lusitania. The temple was built as an offering to the Roman gods and Trajan. The temple would have been shut down if it had been in operation during the fourth-century persecution of pagans under Christian emperors. One of the reasons the structure is still in such good condition is that the temple was transformed into a chapel dedicated to St. Julian following the invasion of Cáceres by Ferdinand II of Leon in 1169. A skull with tibias was added during the conversion, along with a belfry. Eventually, the temple would rise to prominence on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. The tomb of the architect is still intact inside the temple where he was interred. Alcántara is thus a tiny, rectangular, antis votive temple that has just one camera or cell. Granite was utilized in the temple-construction. Two Tuscan columns stand on either side of the entry, which can be reached via an external stairway. The entrance has a gabled roof composed of stone slabs, a pediment with trim around the sides, and an unadorned, smooth tympanum. The bill reminds me of the Athens Treasury at Delphi. Granite blocks of the same size are used to construct the bridge and temple. #History #Architecture

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