THE TEMPLE OF VENUS AND ROMA

 

The photo on top demostrated how the temple look when it was just builted .The temple of Venus and Rome is said to be the largest temple in Italy started by the emperor Hadrian but he could not see the building finished becaused he died of a heart failure. Antonius Pius was the one who finished the temple in 141. this builidng is massive at 350 feet long and 150 feet wide. what caught my attention is that one side of this superstructure is that one side is in honor of the goddess Venus and the other side in honor of the goddess Roma  from their the name ‘'TEMPLE OF VENUS AND ROMA’’.  While investigating I discovered that Venus is the goddess of love. And roma, reading it the other way around says Amor which if you translate it into English means love. Being the subject of this building '' Love''. while observing this wonderful place I notice that In the west and east sides had ten columns and on the north and south 18 columns, each 1.8 meters wide. Inside the temple there are the statues of venus and roma both seated on a throne. its located near Trastevere/Min. P.istruzione which is said to be the most charming neighborhood in rom. This is how the temple of venus and roma looks like