Temple of Portunus

Coordinates: 41°53′21″N 12°28′51″E / 41.88917°N 12.48083°E / 41.88917; 12.48083
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Temple of Portunus
Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium
Temple of Portunus is located in Rome
Temple of Portunus
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Coordinates41°53′21″N 12°28′51″E / 41.88917°N 12.48083°E / 41.88917; 12.48083

The Temple of Portunus (

Latin for "Manly Luck") from the Renaissance
and remains better known by this name. The temple is one of the best preserved of all Roman temples.

If dedicated to

St Mary
of Egypt"). It remained a church up until the early 20th century, when it was deconsecrated, stripped of all later additions, and returned to its classical appearance as an archaeological monument. This restoration included the demolition of surrounding medieval and Renaissance era buildings.

Architecture

"The Temple of Fortuna Virilis" in Isaac Ware, The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture, London, 1738

It is in the

Ostia.[2]

Rear view

The temple was originally built in the 3rd or 4th century BC but was rebuilt between 120–80 BC,

peripteral temple like the Parthenon entirely surrounded by free-standing columns. The Ionic capitals are of the original form, different in the frontal and side views, except in the volutes at the corners, which project at 45°, a common Roman detail. It is built of tuff and travertine with a stucco
surface.

If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The temple owes its state of preservation to its being converted for use as a church in 872 and rededicated to Santa Maria Egiziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt).[5] Its Ionic order has been much admired, drawn and engraved and copied since the 16th century.[6] The original coating of stucco over its tufa and travertine construction has been lost.

The circular Temple of Hercules Victor is south-east of the temple in the Forum Boarium.

The 18th century Temple of Harmony in Somerset, England is a folly based on the Temple of Portunus.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6
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  2. ISBN 978-0-521-81068-5
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  3. ^ "Temple of Portunus". World Monuments Fund. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ISBN 978-0-495-90987-3
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  5. ISBN 978-0-19-150138-8
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  6. ISBN 978-0-8232-1249-1
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External links

External videos
video icon Smarthistory - Temple of Portunus, Rome, c. 120-80 B.C.E.

Media related to Templum Portuni at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Temple of Minerva Medica 		Landmarks of Rome
Temple of Portunus 		Succeeded by
Temple of Saturn
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