{"id":6481,"date":"2026-01-12T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/santuario-della-bona-dea\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:36:27","slug":"santuario-della-bona-dea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/santuario-della-bona-dea\/","title":{"rendered":"Santuario della Bona Dea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sanctuary, dedicated to the ancient goddess of agricultural fertility and health, was surrounded by a wall since hers was a mystery cult.<\/p>\n

The oldest features date to the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century BC, but in its current configuration with a porch in opus reticulatum and brick columns the temple (A) dates to the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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Perspectival section of the porch and cella of the temple\u00a0(A)
\n(A. Pascolini)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Also of this period is the dedication to the goddess, on the sanctuary\u2019s well (C), on which we read the name of\u00a0Terentia<\/em>, a noblewoman of the Augustan period belonging to one of Ostia\u2019s most important families.<\/p>\n

The sanctuary had a portico (F) with wall paintings in which some small rooms were installed in the late 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDetail of the paintings from the portico (F)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDrawing of the well (C) with an inscription with a dedication to the goddess (A. Pascolini)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The cult of the goddess, reserved exclusively for women and also practiced in another sanctuary in the city, remained active until the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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Paintings from the portico (F) dating to the second half of the 1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sanctuary, dedicated to the ancient goddess of agricultural fertility and health, was surrounded by a wall since hers was a mystery cult. The oldest features date to the 2nd\u00a0century BC, but in its current configuration with a porch in opus reticulatum and brick columns the temple (A) dates to the 1st\u00a0century AD. Perspectival section…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6476,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6481","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6483,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6481\/revisions\/6483"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}