Review article
The Temple of Augustus from an Early Christian Church to a Museum
Andrej Bader
; Centar 50 52203 Medulin
Abstract
With a detailed analysis and a critical review of former
perceptions regarding the secondary use of the Temple of
Augustus in Pula through the centuries, and the presentation
of previously unreleased documents, we follow the social, actual
and architectural transformation of the temple from an Early
Christian church, dwelling house, town granary, lapidarium, to
a museum. At the same time certain observations or historical
interpretations from the past have been corrected. In the middle
of the 18th century Pula’s ancient monuments became an
unavoidable object of interest to many researchers of antiquity:
architects, archaeologists and painters. Thus, in addition to
written materials, historical sources from the field of fine arts
also figure prominently in the study of the Temple of Augustus.
Keywords
Temple of Augustus; Pula; Early Christian church; granary; lapidarium; museum; historical sources from the field of fine arts
Hrčak ID:
159947
URI
Publication date:
12.11.2015.
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