Temple At The Ruins Of Milreu, Estoi, Algarve, Portugal. Royalty-Free Stock Image

The temple at the Roman ruins of Milreu near Estoi. This temple was originally built to worship an aquatic deity, but in the following century it was converted into a Paleochristan temple. Later, after the 6th century, the building was changed into a Christian church. nThe ruins are of a luxury villa rustica, a countryside villa, that was built and first inhabited in the 1st century. This villa had extensive mosaic decorations, ancient imperial busts, a temple, garden, winery and oil processing mills.nThis site was further developed over the following centuries but finally abandoned in the 10th century. nThe site is now classified as a Monumento Nacional - National Monument.