Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis

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ancient Roman sanctuary religious site

The Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis was an ancient Roman cult center dedicated to the goddess Diana, located by Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills and renowned for its influential religious rites and priesthood.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis canonical 2
Diana Nemorensis sanctuary site 1
Sanctuary of Diana at Lake Nemi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman sanctuary ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
associatedWithCult Arician cult of Diana ⓘ
associatedWithPeople hunters ⓘ
runaway slaves ⓘ
women ⓘ
associatedWithRitual breaking of the golden bough ⓘ
combat for priesthood by runaway slaves ⓘ
sacred grove worship ⓘ
coordinateNote situated on the northern shore of Lake Nemi ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
cultCenterFor Diana ⓘ
surface form: Diana Nemorensis
culturalPeriod Imperial Roman period ⓘ
Republican Roman period ⓘ
dedicatedTo Diana ⓘ
describedInWork The Golden Bough ⓘ
excavatedBy Heinrich Dressel ⓘ
excavatedIn 19th century ⓘ
famousFor influential religious rites ⓘ
ritual of the Rex Nemorensis ⓘ
unusual priesthood ⓘ
floruit early Roman Empire ⓘ
late Roman Republic ⓘ
hasDeityAspect Diana as goddess of the hunt ⓘ
Diana as lunar goddess ⓘ
Diana as protector of women and childbirth ⓘ
hasFeature altars ⓘ
porticoes ⓘ
sacred grove ⓘ
sacred lake shore setting ⓘ
Temple of Diana ⓘ
surface form: temple of Diana

terraced sanctuary complex ⓘ
votive deposits ⓘ
hasPriestTitle Rex Nemorensis ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
influenced Roman perceptions of Diana ⓘ
locatedIn Alban Hills ⓘ
Lake Nemi ⓘ
locatedInPoliticalEntity Latium ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
locatedNear Aricia ⓘ
Nemi ⓘ
partOf Alban Mount sanctuary ⓘ
surface form: Alban Hills religious landscape
priesthoodDescribedBy Strabo ⓘ
Suetonius ⓘ
priesthoodInterpretedBy James George Frazer ⓘ
religion Roman religion ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Alban Hills → hasReligiousSite → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
Aricia → famousFor → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis
Aricia → hasArchaeologicalRemains → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Diana at Nemi
Lake Nemi → hasArchaeologicalSite → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
Lake Nemi → hasArchaeologicalSite → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Diana at Nemi
Nemi → knownFor → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diana Nemorensis sanctuary site
Nemi → hasArchaeologicalSite → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Diana Nemorensis
Latin League → religiousCenter → Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Diana at Lake Nemi