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The Temple of Augustus (Croatian: Augustov hram) is a well-preserved Roman temple in the city of Pula (Pola), Croatia. Dedicated to the first Roman emperor, Augustus, it was probably built during the emperor's lifetime between 2 BC and his death in AD 14.[1] It was built on a podium with a tetrastyle prostyle porch of Corinthian columns and measures about 8 m (26 ft) by 17.3 m (57 ft).
Istria (Croatian, Slovene: Istra; Italian: Istria; Istriot: Eîstria), formerly Histria (Latin), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.