Roman temple of Jupiter

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Roman temple pagan sanctuary

The Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus was a grand ancient sanctuary dedicated to the chief Roman god, later forming the architectural and sacred foundation upon which the Great Mosque of Damascus was built.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Temple of Jupiter remains	1
Roman temple of Jupiter canonical	1
Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman temple ⓘ pagan sanctuary ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Roman architecture ⓘ
associatedDeity	Jupiter Damascenus ⓘ
associatedWith	Romanization of Damascus ⓘ transition from paganism to Islam in Syria ⓘ
builder	Roman authorities in Syria ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf	Aramaean temple of Hadad ⓘ
cityCenterLocation	Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: old city of Damascus
country	Syria ⓘ
culturalContext	Ancient Mediterranean world ⓘ surface form: Greco-Roman Near East
currentCondition	ruins incorporated into later structures ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Jupiter ⓘ chief Roman god ⓘ
floruit	1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ
followedBy	Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
formsFoundationOf	Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
function	imperial cult center ⓘ religious worship ⓘ
hasPart	courtyard porticoes ⓘ inner sanctuary ⓘ monumental gates ⓘ outer temenos wall ⓘ peribolos ⓘ perimeter colonnades ⓘ propylaea ⓘ temple courtyard ⓘ temple precinct ⓘ tower-like corner gates ⓘ
heritageContext	Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Ancient City of Damascus
influenced	layout of the Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
locatedIn	Damascus ⓘ Roman Syria ⓘ surface form: Roman province of Syria
material	stone ⓘ
notableFeature	colonnaded approaches ⓘ large rectangular sacred enclosure ⓘ monumental eastern gate ⓘ
partlyIncorporatedIn	Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
partOf	Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Aramaean temple of Hadad ⓘ
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
remainsVisibleIn	courtyard of the Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
succeededByBuilding	Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Great Mosque
succeededByReligion	Islam ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Imperial period ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Mosque of Damascus → precededBy → Roman temple of Jupiter ⓘ

Christian basilica of Saint John the Baptist → precededBy → Roman temple of Jupiter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus

Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site → hasPart → Roman temple of Jupiter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Temple of Jupiter remains