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Location

  • Italy, Rome
  • geo:41.89172,12.486184

Period or year

  • -7xx / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Temple of Vesta

data access 15010

The Temple of Vesta, the patron goddess of the domestic hearth, was first built by Numa Pompilius (753–673 BC), the second king of Rome.

See:

  1. John Henry Middleton, "XV.—The Temple and Atrium of Vesta and the Regia", in: Archaeologia 49 (2), 1886, pp. 391–423.
  2. Gilbert Gorski, James E Packer:  The Roman Forum: a reconstruction and architectural guide. New York, 2015
  3. https://www.info.roma.it/monumenti_dettaglio.asp?ID_schede=572
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Creators: Entry created by Carole Raddato (2013-06-21) , last updated by Jeffrey A. Becker (2026-08-02), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/15010
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Suggested citation: Raddato, C. and A. Becker, J., Temple of Vesta. https://vici.org/vici/15010, accessed 2026-11-14.