Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Assisi, Italy)
As you stroll through Piazza del Comune in the center of Assisi you'll pass the remains of this Roman era temple! What is now currently the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva was once a temple to the Roman goddess Minerva. The temple was financed by Gnaeus Caesius and Titus Caesius Priscus in the first century BCE. They were two of the city's quattuorviri. In the Middle Ages the temple served as a tribunal and jail.
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Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (Assisi, Italy)
As you stroll through Piazza del Comune in the center of Assisi you'll pass the remains of this Roman era temple! What is now currently the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva was once a temple to the Roman goddess Minerva. The temple was financed by Gnaeus Caesius and Titus Caesius Priscus in the first century BCE. They were two of the city's quattuorviri. In the Middle Ages the temple served as a tribunal and jail.
For more photos and musings on ancient history and religion, follow me on Twitter and Bluesky @arturoviaggia and on Mastodon @arturoviaggia@zirk.us.