Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum

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ancient Roman temple sanctuary

The Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum was an ancient Roman sanctuary housing the sacred eternal flame of Rome, tended by the Vestal Virgins and central to the city’s religious life.

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Label Occurrences
Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman temple ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
adjacentTo House of the Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Regia NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalType tholos ⓘ
associatedWith Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo religious life of Rome ⓘ
coordinateLocation 41.892°N 12.486°E ⓘ
country Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
cult cult of Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSignificance one of the most sacred places in Rome ⓘ
currentStatus archaeological site ⓘ
dateOfOriginalConstruction early Roman Kingdom period ⓘ
dedicatedTo Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedBy fire ⓘ
function housed the sacred eternal flame of Rome ⓘ
governedBy Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ
guardedBy Vestal Virgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCondition ruin ⓘ
hasPart cella ⓘ
central hearth ⓘ
peristyle ⓘ
podium ⓘ
statue base of Vesta ⓘ
steps ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ
linkedTo Roman civic identity ⓘ
Roman state religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Roman Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
marble ⓘ
tufa ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
period Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltBy Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julia Domna NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltIn Imperial period ⓘ
Republican period ⓘ
religion Roman religion ⓘ
ritual annual renewal of the sacred fire ⓘ
custody of sacred objects ⓘ
maintenance of the eternal flame ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
symbolizes eternity of the Roman state ⓘ
safety of Rome ⓘ

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Vestal Virgins → associatedTemple → Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum ⓘ