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Assisi – Temple of Minerva

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The temple dates to the first century BC. It was built in ASSISI (UMBRIA) by Gneus Cesius and Titus Cesius Priscus. A female statue found there led to the supposition that the temple was dedicated to Minerva but the subsequent discovery of a votive plaque to Hercules made it seem more likely that it was dedicated to him. The facade is surprisingly well preserved, with six fluted columns with Corinthian capitals resting on plinths set, for lack of space, on the staircase that moves into the pronaos. In 1539 the rectangular cella was converted into the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva. It was further modified in Baroque style in the seventeenth century.

Restoration project

Year 2005
Reconstruction of the flooring in the church with “gentilizia” formats: honed 30x15x2.1 cm rectangular tiles and honed 34x24.5x3.6 cm bullnose step tiles.