The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum...
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Vesta Temple is a 6,299-foot-elevation (1,920-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated eight...
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matrons walked barefoot through the city to the temple, where they presented food-offerings. Such was Vesta's importance to Roman religion that following...
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The so-called Temple of Vesta is a small circular Roman temple (so a tholos) in Tivoli, Italy, dating to the early 1st century BC. Its ruins are dramatically...
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a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta until it...
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The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in ancient Rome. The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four, and eventually six, were...
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Topaz Canyon (section Vesta Temple and Mimbreno Point)
on Diana Temple. Vesta Temple southeast between Topaz Canyon and Boucher Canyon, has the upper units of rock mostly removed; but Vesta Temple has a remainder...
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Look up Vesta or vesta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vesta may refer to: Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ Swan Vesta (began...
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the Temple of Fortuna virilis, or Manly Fortune (Temple of Portunus) Chap. XIV. Of the Temple of Vesta (Temple of Vesta) Chap. XV. Of the Temple of Mars...
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Vestal Virgin (category Vesta (mythology))
Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were...
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heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, is an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the Regia and the Temple of Vesta. The remains...
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Castor and Pollux was in close proximity to the Temple of Vesta, and in the Grand Canyon, Vesta Temple is situated less than four miles to the southeast...
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List of ancient monuments in Rome (section Temples)
and Titus Temple of Vesta Temple of Mars Ultor Temple of Minerva Temple of Trajan Temple of Peace Temple of Venus Genetrix Elagabalium Temple of Apollo...
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include the circular temple of the banks of the Tiber, Temple of Hercules Victor, believed at the time to be a temple of Vesta. However, circular churches...
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family members exchanged gifts. Temple of Vesta – Ancient religious monument in Rome, Italy List of Ancient Roman temples Robert E.A. Palmer, Rome and Carthage...
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Hestia (section Shrines, temples and colonies)
associated sacrificial animal was a domestic pig. Her Roman equivalent is Vesta; Vesta has similar functions as a divine personification of Rome's "public"...
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Parc des Buttes Chaumont (section Temple de la Sibylle)
best known feature is the Temple de la Sibylle (Sibyl's Temple), a miniature Roman temple inspired by the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy, and located...
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Alba Longa (section Temple of Vesta)
legions. The Alban immigrants lived on the Caelian Hill in Rome. The temple of Vesta which stood at the foot of the Palatine hill outside Rome presumably...
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symbols ... are differing designs for 'the hearth and flame of the temple of the Goddess Vesta' in Rome, and can thus be regarded as extreme variants of a single...
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Vestalia (category Vesta (mythology))
storechamber — Vesta and the Penates — on Vestalia. On the first day of festivities the penus Vestae (sanctum sanctorum of the temple of Vesta which was usually...
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Virgin goddess (section Hestia and Vesta)
who bestowed upon her a share in the honour of all temples. The Romans identified Hestia with Vesta, who was likewise regarded as goddess of the hearth...
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Vesta is a public benefit corporation focused on ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. It researches and performs accelerated weathering of the mineral...
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utilized a flat perforated basket to carry water, from the Tiber to the Temple of Vesta without the water falling to the ground through the sieve. After showing...
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Nymphenburg Palace Park (section Temple of Apollo)
Sckell proposed the construction of a circular stone temple with a cella based on the Vesta temple in Tivoli. After the idea was rejected, a somewhat larger...
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northeast of Mescalero Point. Pollux Temple is one mile northwest, Marsh Butte one mile east-northeast, and Vesta Temple is one mile south. Topographic relief...
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temple at the port. Temple of Vesta, Tivoli, so-called, circular Capitolium of Brixia, Brescia, buried by a landslide and partly reconstructed Temple...
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"Temple of Vesta" at Tivoli, Italy, the site of the Tiburtine Sibyl, which was well known throughout Europe in engravings. The Puławy temple, designed...
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Roman Forum (section Temple of Saturn)
temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta...
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"Fortezza Pia" in the upper part of the town "Vesta's" temple: devoted to the cult of Isis Roman temple rebuilt as an auditorium The Palazzo dei Capitani...
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Saturn (mythology) (section Temple)
sister Ops, with whom he fathered Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres and Vesta. Saturn was especially celebrated during the festival of Saturnalia each...
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