Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum)
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The Temple of Minerva Medica is a ruined
The decagonal structure in opus latericium is relatively well preserved, though the full dome collapsed in 1828. It is surrounded on three sides with other chambers which were added at a later date. There is no mention of it in ancient literature or inscriptions.
The structure represents a transition in Roman secular architecture between the octagonal dining room of the
In Flavio Biondo's 15th-century Roma Instaurata, these ruins are called Le Galluzze, a name of uncertain meaning that had been applied earlier to some ruins near the basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.[4] Its incorrect identification as the Republican-era temple dates to the 17th century, based on the incorrect impression that the Athena Giustiniani had been found there.[5]
See also
References
- ^ John Henry Parker (1876). The Archaeology of Rome: The Aqueducts. J. Parker and Company. pp. 98–.
- ^ Cicero, De Divinatione 2.123.
- ^ Durm, figs. 306‑308, 313, 339; Choisy, pl. X. i. pp82‑84; Sangallo, Barb. 12; Giovannoni in Ann. d. Società d. Ingegneri, 1904, 165‑201; LS III.158‑161; JRS 1919, 176, 182; RA 182‑188; cf. HJ 360, n44, for references to other illustrations and plans)
- ^ Jord. II.130‑131.
- ^ HJ 360; LS III.158‑161.