Temple of Fortuna Virilis

Temple of Fortuna Virilis

1455

Temple of Vesta

visual works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Roman (ancient Italian style)

temples (buildings)

paintings (visual works)

Painting of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis with the Temple of Vesta on the left. "This small temple on the banks of the Tiber was dedicated to the Roman god of rivers and seaports, Portunus. Originally this deity protected doors ("portus") but when the meaning of the word changed to harbor, his guardian function also changed. It was built of tufa and travertine blocks which had been originally been coated with a fine layer of stucco. It is in a good state of preservation because it was converted to a Christian church in the 9th century ... The style represents a merging of both Etruscan and Greek temple styles. Like Greek temples, it has a porch (pronaos) with free-standing columns but has only slender engaged Ionic columns on the sides and back since the cella wall is moved toward the outside--a type called the "pseudoperipteral,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

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