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The new exhibition space of the Capitoline Museums in the former Giovanni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre in Rome, Italy #156672493
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Colossal female acrolith in the Hall of the Machines of the Capitoline Museums in the former Giovanni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre in Rome Italy. The fragments of the colossal female acrolith, 8m in height, date from 101 B.C. and are attributed to Skopas the Younger. They origin from the Sacred Area of Largo Argentina in Rome and were attributed to Fortuna Huiusce Diei. The colossal sculpture appears to be the templeââ¬â¢s cult statue. The second part of the spacious Hall of the Machines is dedicated to the remains of a number of religious and cult monuments of the ancient Rome.
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