A temple dedicated to Minerva dominated the western end, behind which was a monumental entrance.
The temple dominates the Sanpete Valley, and can be seen from many miles.
Yet in the financial district, turn-of-the-century temples of commerce still dominate some of the crooked alleys, and there is little room among the landmark buildings for modern office towers.
Until the middle of the 20th century, the temple dominated the economic, political and ritual life of the place.
However, outside those massive vermilion walls, walk a few hundred yards farther in any direction into the hinterland, where small palaces, temples and gardens dominated the maze within the city wall, and the horrible loss is more apparent.
The temple dominates the surrounding streets and is said to date from 1392, making it the oldest temple in Patan.
An ornate temple, open to public and built by Hare Krishna devotees, dominates the Sigatoka skyline.
Built on the steppes of a mountain held sacred to the people of Ceres, the temple dominated the landscape, as it dominated the lives of its people.
Alia's temple dominated the foreground; green and black hangings along its two-thousand-meter sides displayed the moon symbol of Muad'dib.
In those days the radio mast had not been built and the temple of Sankara Acharya, a little black blister on a khaki hill, still dominated the streeets and lake of Srinagar.