An historic Roman temple in Rome called the Temple of Antoninus and Faustin

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An historic Roman temple in Rome called the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina was eventually transformed into the San Lorenzo church in Miranda, a Roman Catholic church. It is situated across from the Regia on the Via Sacra in the Forum Romanum. Emperor Antoninus Pius started building the temple in 141 AD. At first, it was devoted to Faustina the Elder, his departed and exalted wife. As a result, Faustina became the first Roman empress to occupy the Forum Romanum permanently. Marcus Aurelius, successor of Antoninus Pius, rededicated the temple to both Antoninus and Faustina after Antoninus Pius was deified following his death in 161 AD. The structure is supported by a tall platform made of big slabs of grey peperino tufa. Its pronaos has eight 17-meter-tall solid Corinthian columns. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the magnificent bas-reliefs of the frieze beneath the cornice, which included candelabra, acanthus scrolls, and griffins, were frequently replicated. The temple was originally gated off from the Via Sacra, according to numismatic evidence, and the cella would have contained a huge, seated statue of Faustina. In front of the Temple, pieces of this statue and a later statue of Antoninus Pius were found. It is first mentioned in the eleventh-century work Mirabilia Urbis Romae that the temple was transformed into the Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda, a Roman Catholic church, possibly as early as the seventh century. Though it did not completely shield the structure from harm, Christianization accounts explains why the portico and cella of the temple have survived the ages. White marble slabs with matching marble moldings at the top and bottom originally covered the podium. With the exception of the molding, the majority of the marble facing was scavenged. The deep grooves in the temple-columns are thought to be the result of a medieval attempt to demolish the pagan temple or remove the pillared portico for spolia. In order to rebuild the historic temple for the visit of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to Rome in 1536, the cathedral was substantially destroyed and the side chapels were taken down. #History #Architecture

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