Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia (Palestrina, Italy) : View on the lower terrace, showing remains south of the central stair

Creator:
unknown (Ancient Roman)
Published/Created:
former name Praeneste, Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Lazio, Italy
ca. 110-82 BCE
Date Depicted:
7/12/1996
8000 BC - 499 AD
Materials:
stone
Notes:
Praeneste was chiefly famed for its great Temple of Fortuna Primigenia connected with the oracle known as the Praenestine lots (sortes praenestinae). The temple was redeveloped after 82 BC as a spectacular series of terraces, exedras and porticos on four levels down the hillside, linked by monumental stairs and ramps. The inspiration for this feat of unified urbanistic design lay, not in republican Rome, but in the Hellenistic monarchies of the eastern Mediterranean. Praeneste offered a foretaste of the grandiose Imperial style of the following generation. The oldest portion of the primitive sanctuary was situated on the terrace just above the lowest one, in a grotto in the natural rock where there was a spring that developed into a well.
Variant Titles:
Temple of Fortuna Primigenia
Topics:
Architecture -- Italy -- Roman -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Late Republican
Culture:
Roman
Accession Number:
1A3-R-R-PF-C5
Genre:
architecture (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Rights:
Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Digital:
architectural exteriors; deities; mythology (Classical) construction buildings; religious buildings; temples; complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites)
Source Creator:
Gilchrist, Scott
Source Title:
Archivision Module Three
Source Created:
2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
7/12/1996
Source Note:
Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Local Record Number:
4152
OID:
10159932
PID:
digcoll:1857587