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Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Sanctuary Of Apollo

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Built in 120 BC Gladiatorial games and theatrical performance festivities in honour of the god focused on initiations of boys and girls who recognised tutelary deities in Apollo and his twin sister, Diana.

Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Sanctuary Of Apollo

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 Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490642,14.4845694

 

Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Sanctuary Of Apollo

PFXM+JRG Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

 

 

 

The sanctuary was a public space influenced by Roman colonists to be dedicated to Greco-Roman religion and culture.

 

 

Date of excavation: 1816-1817; 1931-1932; 1942- 1943; 1997; 2015.

Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Sanctuary Of Apollo 1

Link Location Gps 40.7490612

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490612,14.4844091

The temple, in the center of a sacred enclosure, was surrounded on all four sides by a wide series of tuff columns from Nocera, originally grooved and with Ionic capitals, that were being replaced with stucco columns and Corinthian capitals painted in yellow, red and dark blue.

 

 

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 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.749197  /  Gps Link 40.7490737  /  Gps Link 40.7490609

Gps Coordinates  /  40.749197,14.48428  /  40.7490737,14.4844759  /  40.7490609,14.4844986

 

The Sanctuary of Apollo is one of the oldest places of worship in Pompeii, built in a strategic point, along the path that goes up to Marina Gate, which led to the public heart of the city.

 

Dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo from the Hellenistic period.

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 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.7490533  /  Gps Link 40.7494312  /  Gps Link 40.7494044

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490533,14.4845367  /  40.7494312,14.4842154  /  40.7494044,14.4841474

The cult of Apollo, imported from Greece, was widespread in Campania, and from excavations in the temple's vicinity has been shown to have been present in Pompeii since the 6th century BC.

 

 

 

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 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.7493033  /  Gps Link 40.7492309  /  Gps Link 40.7491486

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7493033,14.4841845  /  40.7492309,14.4842343  /  40.7491486,14.4842922

Deep excavations have allowed the earlier phases to be exposed, documented from vases, votive items and terracotta decorations that testify the presence of an archaic temple (6th century BC).

 

 

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 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.7490641  /  Gps Link 40.7490195

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490641,14.484338  /  40.7490195,14.484424

 

It was one of the two earliest temples built in Pompeii, the other being the Temple of Minerva and Hercules, which was near the forum.

Located in the forum (market place) and facing the northern side of the town, it is the town's most important religious building.

Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Sanctuary Of Apollo 2

Link Location Gps 40.7490972

 

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490972,14.4844792

 

The sanctuary's present appearance dates from its 2nd-century BC rebuild, and a further reconstruction to repair damage from the 62 earthquake, in which a large part of the temple collapsed and repairs which were left incomplete at the time of the eruption.

 

 

 

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