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Roman Temple of Évora – Évora, Portugal, impressive partial remains of a small temple; podium and columns, but no cella. Temple of Jupiter in Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia. Small but very complete, amid other Roman buildings, c. 300. Most unusually, the barrel ceiling is intact. Roman temple of Alcántara, Spain, tiny but complete
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
Roman temple of Vic, part original, with parts restored. Roman temple of Alcántara, Spain, tiny but complete; Roman temple of Córdoba, Spain. Base and 11 Corinthian columns, found inside later buildings. Roman temple of Vic, Spain. Substantially rebuilt, after it was found covered by a castle. Temple of Augustus in Barcelona, Spain. Four ...
In Classical architecture, a cella (from Latin 'small chamber') or naos (from Ancient Greek ναός (nāós) 'temple') is the inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple. Its enclosure within walls has given rise to extended meanings, of a hermit's or monk's cell , and since the 17th century, of a biological cell in plants or animals.
Whoa: Unbeaten Roman engineering If it wasn’t for the queues looping right round the square in front of it, you might think the Pantheon was “just another big Roman temple.”
The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Imperial Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. [1] This monument to Bacchus is one of the best preserved and grandest Roman temple ruins; its age is unknown, but its fine ornamentation can be dated to the second century CE.
A view of the Roman Forum, looking east. This list of monuments of the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) includes existing and former buildings, memorials and other built structures in the famous Roman public plaza during its 1,400 years of active use (8th century BC–ca 600 AD). It is divided into three categories: those ancient structures that can ...
In December 2022, construction workers at the site on the outskirts of Sarsina, a small town in Italy, unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman temple — or ‘capitolium’ — dating back to the ...