This temple was built after the earthquake of 62 A.D. and was dedicated to Pompeii's tutelary gods as an act of expiation for the calamity the town had suffered.
Although it had not been completed at the moment of the eruption, what remains suggests that its architecture was quite unusual. It was completely open on the side looking onto the Forum and could be reached through a portico adjoining the colonnade on the Forum, the bases of which are still visible.
The temple had no roof and was floored with coloured marble arranged in a geometrical design. In the centre stood an altar, of which few remains can now be seen. In the rear wall a niche probably housed three statues of the town's gods.
On either side of the entrance were two alcoves with inset niches where the statues of other Lares undoubtedly stood
This temple was built after the earthquake of 62 A.D. and was dedicated to Pompeii's tutelary gods as an act of expiation for the calamity the town had suffered.
Although it had not been completed at the moment of the eruption, what remains suggests that its architecture was quite unusual. It was completely open on the side looking onto the Forum and could be reached through a portico adjoining the colonnade on the Forum, the bases of which are still visible.
The temple had no roof and was floored with coloured marble arranged in a geometrical design. In the centre stood an altar, of which few remains can now be seen. In the rear wall a niche probably housed three statues of the town's gods.
On either side of the entrance were two alcoves with inset niches where the statues of other Lares undoubtedly stood
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