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20 Patric-AlexanderKreuz Fig. 4: Luni, reconstructionof Capitolium,Porticus andwater basin. shows anopening forwater runoff.24 Apendant canbe assumed for the right side of the stair- case.Thestairsmusthavebeenflankedbysmall fountainsenriching thearchitecturewith their decorative quality, but also accentuating the final access to the temple. In a similarway, the experience of several architectural complexes in the city centre of the colony of Luni was enhanced by small fountains or embeddedwater installations during the early Imperial period. The spacebetween theold temple of theCapitoliumand its surrounding three-wingedportico, for example,was transformed in themiddleof the 1st century toawide– andelevated–marble-cladwater basin.25 As abuilt structure, the basin connected the temple podiumand thepodiumof theportico.Butby isolating the temple fromthe surroundingarchi- tecturebymeansofwater, thecapitoliumwasalsosingledoutandemphasizedasmajormonu- ment of the community (Fig.4). In the sanctuary immediately to the east of the forum (the so- called sanctuary ofDiana), erected at about the same time,we find insteadwater installations comparable to those inBrescia.Here too, thestaircase leading to thesmall templebuildingwas flankedbyornamental fountains accentuating the temple and the stairs leading to it as a focal point at theendof thecolonnadedcourtyardof the sanctuary.26Again, such fountainsadorned thesteep flightof stairs leading to the templeofLuna in thespacioussanctuarywith itsempha- sized alignment, located in the northern part of the city.27 At the local forum, a marble-rich small openair enclosure of unknown function at the southern endof the square, the so-called area con fontane, comprised six small fountains surrounding a largemarble-clad pedestal and an altar. The decorative fountainsmust have contributed substantially to the atmosphere and specific experience of this small enclosure located at the public centre of the colony.28 These 24 Dell’Acqua 2014, 322f. fig. 1. 25 D’Andria 1973, 644; Lavizzari Pedrazzini 1977, 354‒356 pl.4; Rossi 1998. A similar function as water basins enriching temple areas canbehypothesized for the remains of a large basin in the sanctuary at the via Postumia immediately outsideVerona’s Porta Borsari (maybe a sanctuary of Iuppiter) and inBologna for amarble basin of 4×11min theareanorthof the two forumtemples:CavalieriManasse 1998, 121f. (Verona);Bergonzoni et al. 1976, 89f. no.72. 2. A. 2 (Bologna). 26 Durante‒Landi 2001, 30. 33‒35. 27 Bonghi Jovino 1973, 657f. pls. 186, 5. 187, 2. 28 Rossignani 1973, 137–141.