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The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins. The Temple of Vesta housed Vesta's holy fire, which was a symbol of Rome's safety and prosperity. [1]
The so-called Temple of Vesta is a small circular Roman temple (so a tholos) in Tivoli, Italy, dating to the early 1st century BC. Its ruins are dramatically sited on the acropolis of the Etruscan and Roman city, [ 1 ] overlooking the falls of the Aniene and a picturesque narrow gully.
Temple of Vesta on the reverse of a denarius issued in 55 BC by Quintus Cassius Longinus. Vesta had no official mythology, and she existed as an abstract goddess of the hearth and of chastity. [ 70 ] Only in the account of Ovid at Cybele's party does Vesta appear directly in a myth.
Vesta's chief festival was the Vestalia, held in her temple from June 7 to June 15, and attended by matrons and bakers. Servius claims that during the Vestalia, the Lupercalia and on September 13, the three youngest Vestals reaped unripened far (spelt wheat, or possibly emmer wheat).
The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in ancient Rome.The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four, and eventually six, were selected by lot and served for thirty years, tending the holy fire and performing other rituals connected to domestic life—among them were the ritual sweeping of the temple on June 15 and the preparation of food for certain festivals.
The House of the Vestal Virgins (Latin: Atrium Vestae; Italian: Casa delle Vestali) was the residence of Vestal Virgins, [1] located behind the circular Temple of Vesta at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum, between the Regia and the Palatine Hill.
For centuries, this was known as the Temple of Vesta. The Temple of Portunus is a rectangular building built between 100 and 80 BC. [4] It consists of a tetrastyle portico and cella mounted on a podium reached by a flight of steps.
Villa Gregoriana. Villa Gregoriana is a park in Tivoli, Italy, located at the foot of the city's ancient acropolis.It consists mainly of thick woodland with paths that lead to the small circular Roman Temple of Vesta, the caves of Neptune and the Sirens, which form part of a series of gorges and cascades, and to the Great Waterfall.