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The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste (now Palestrina, 35 km (22 mi) east of Rome). It was founded in 204 BC by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia, the exact meaning of whose name is unclear. [1]
When first noticed shortly before 1507 by Antonio Volsco, a humanist in the circle of Pomponio Leto, the mosaics were still in situ among the vestiges of Sulla's sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. At that time the town was owned by the Colonna family of Rome, whose palazzo in Palestrina occupied a section of the ruins.
Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; Ancient Greek: Πραίνεστος, Prainestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about 35 kilometres (22 miles) east of Rome.
Palestrina, Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, (see above) a large complex leading to a small shrine; Temple of Apollo (Pompeii), unusually, it is the smaller elements that are best preserved, and the surrounding forum; Temple of Bellona, Ostia, small back-street all-brick temple at the port. Temple of Vesta, Tivoli, so-called, circular
Palestrina, Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, (see above) a large complex leading to a small shrine; Temple of Apollo (Pompeii), unusually, it is the smaller elements that are best preserved, and the surrounding forum; Temple of Vesta – Tivoli, so-called, circular; Capitolium of Brixia, Brescia, buried by a landslide and partly reconstructed
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Fortuna (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance.
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