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We just had to save and share this really cool aerial view (screen shot) of the buildings of the   Rome Temple Complex. It is a beautiful and peaceful space. We feel blessed and honored to be there every day. 

Four major buildings surround a traditional Italian piazza. In this image you can see the Temple, Patron Housing (square building to the left of the temple), Visitor Center (directly opposite the temple) and Chapel (to the right of the temple).  Mingled among the olive trees (400-500 years old), palm trees, fountains and stone planter boxes filled with flowers, are multiple piazettas with stone benches for quiet moments. 

The complex sits on an elevated knoll in the northeast of Rome near the beltway and freeway interchange. The property was purchased in the late 1990's. Before any building can be built in Rome it must be carefully inspected for Roman ruins which is done by digging trenches every 10 to 15 feet across the property. The day the Rome Italy Temple property was to be inspected, Church members in Rome held a special day of prayer and fasting. No ruins were found over the entire property, yet an old Roman village was discovered just 100 yards beyond the property boundary line.  https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/rome-italy-temple/

"A temple of God is the most sacred place of worship in the world - a place where heaven touches the earth, a place where marvelous blessings are bestowed, and a place where we can feel closer to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ as we strive to become more like Them."   

(https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/why-latter-day-saints-build-temples?lang=eng)