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A new ISKCON temple is set to open in the historic town of Velletri in the Castelli Romani hills, Italy, about an hour south of Rome city center.

Devotees have been working hard to convert the recently purchased building into a temple, in part with the help of a grant from the BBT construction fund. A tentative opening date has been set for May 1st.

ISKCON has owned a small preaching center in the center of Rome for the past decade, but the new temple will serve the need for a larger residential ashram.

Gaura Nitai deities from the preaching center will move into the new property, which is flanked on the Western side by the Mediterranean Sea just ten kilometers away; on the Eastern side by mountains; and elsewhere by woods and countryside.

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