Roman temple (Riez)
The Roman Temple in Riez , a French commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , was built in the 1st century. The temple has been a protected architectural monument since 1840 , a monument historique .
The Roman temple, which is now on the western outskirts of Riez, was once in the center of the Roman city of Colonia Julia Augusta Apollinarium Reiorum .
The remains of the former podium temple consist of four individual foundations that support large columns . The monolithic column shafts made of granite rest on Attic bases and are crowned by Corinthian capitals . Bases and capitals are made of white marble . An architrave divided into three fascias , the bands of which are each terminated by a rod of pearl at the top, spans the four columns. The architrave undersides are adorned with festoons , the fields of which are framed by a lesbian kymation . Two leaf calyxes connected to the base occupy the image field itself. A lesbian kymation also conveys the transition to the lost frieze of the entablature . The corners of the architrave are mitred to ensure the connection of the lateral architraves. The temple was therefore a four- pillar prostylus .
literature
- Thorsten Droste : Dauphiné and Haute-Provence. Discovery trips between the Rhône and the Alps, from Lyon to the Verdon Gorge . DuMont, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7701-2408-1 , p. 327 .
Web links
- Roman Temple (Riez) Description as Monument historique in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)
Coordinates: 43 ° 49 ′ 1.3 " N , 6 ° 5 ′ 17.8" E