temple of Minerva

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ancient Roman temple religious building

The temple of Minerva was an ancient Roman sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Minerva that once stood on the site now occupied by the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Temple of Minerva (Rome)	0
Temple of Minerva	2
Templum Minervae	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman temple ⓘ religious building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Roman temple architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman state cults ⓘ craftsmen and artisans in Rome ⓘ
category	Ancient Roman temples in Rome ⓘ Destroyed temples ⓘ Temples of Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateNote	approximate coordinates correspond to Piazza della Minerva in Rome ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
culture	ancient Roman ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman goddess of crafts ⓘ Roman goddess of war strategy ⓘ Roman goddess of wisdom ⓘ
deityEquivalent	Greek goddess Athena NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	place of worship ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ
hasNameInItalian	tempio di Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInLatin	templum Minervae NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Roman religious architecture ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of continuity from pagan sanctuary to Christian church ⓘ
influenced	Christian church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFrom	archaeological evidence ⓘ literary sources ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Campus Martius NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ
locatedNear	Pantheon NERFINISHED ⓘ Piazza della Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	marble ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	religious topography of Rome ⓘ
presentLocation	site of Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva ⓘ
religion	ancient Roman religion ⓘ
replacedBy	Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian basilica ⓘ
status	no longer extant ⓘ
timePeriod	classical antiquity ⓘ
topographicalContext	historic center of Rome ⓘ
urbanContext	close to the Pantheon area in Rome ⓘ
worshippedDeity	Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ
worshippedDeityType	Roman deity ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Forum of Nerva → alsoKnownAs → temple of Minerva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Templum Minervae

Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva → builtOver → temple of Minerva ⓘ

Aventinus → hasTemple → temple of Minerva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Minerva

Forum of Nerva → mainTemple → temple of Minerva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Minerva