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Mussenden Temple, Northern Ireland (by Jason Grant)

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NI Railways—Vistas from Downhill Demesne.

The weather was rapidly changing when we walked across the grassy plateau of the Downhill Demesne located west of Castlerock, Northern Ireland. Although it was bright and sunny, we could see dark clouds over the Foyle estuary to the west. NI Railways operates an hourly service between Belfast and Derry, and one of our objectives was to capture views of these trains running along the coast. For…

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Mussenden Temple

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Would you believe this temple was build on 1785......#mussendentemple #mussenden #nothernireland #gameofthrones #makiwanderlust #travelphotography #instagood #instatravel #picoftheday #beautiful (at Mussenden Temple)

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Edge o the world🌍 - - - - #mussenden #castlerock #ireland #adventure #travel #sea #cliffs #wanderlust (at Mussenden Temple)

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Going Inside the Mussenden Temple

Europe is probably the last place I would have expected to be able to visit a temple. I usually associate temples with Asia, like Buddhist or Taoist temples of which I managed to visit quite a few of. When I found out that the structure which was constructed at Downhill Demesne was a temple, an imitation of the temple of Vesta, I got really curious. The temple was built in memory of Frederick Hervey's cousin who was surnamed Mussenden. I don't know why they used a temple of Vesta as the structure. That being said, it was quite attractive. I'm not sure how much of the structure is the original but it seems to be in very good condition considering that it is more than two hundred years old.

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Mussenden Temple

Once we cleared the wall of Downhill Demesne, we were greeted by a wide expanse of land. I looked at the map of Downhill in Google maps but I didn't realize how big the place actually was. Seems like we have underestimated the time to explore this place. We immediately head straight for the temple which we saw from the beach. I thought it was a very strange structure to see here in this part of the world, almost as if it would belong somewhere in Greece. This is Mussenden Temple, named in memory of Frederick Hervey's cousin, Frideswide Mussenden. The temple itself was patterned after the Temple of Vesta which is used to stand in Rome. While Vesta is god of the hearth, home and family, I couldn't find out the reasons why an earl and a bishop of all people would choose to build a temple dedicated to Vesta.

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Mussenden Temple, Northern Ireland

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