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In ancient Roman religion, an aedicula (plural aediculae) is a small shrine. The word aedicula is the diminutive of the Latin aedes, a temple building or house.
Many aediculae were household shrines that held small altars or statues of the Lares and Penates. The Lares were Roman deities protecting the house and the family household gods. The Penates were originally patron gods (really genii) of the storeroom, later becoming household gods guarding the entire house.
Other aediculae were small shrines within larger temples, usually set on a base, surmounted by a pediment and surrounded by columns. In Roman architecture the aedicula has this representative function in the society. They are installed in public buildings like the Triumphal arch, City gate, or Thermes. The Celsus Library in Ephesus (2. c. AD) is a good example. From the 4th century Christianization of the Roman Empire onwards such shrines, or the framework enclosing them, are often called by the Biblical term taberna...

Freelance photographer interested in many areas of photography, RicardMN Photography tries to capture special places and moments. He compiles multiple street, landscape, documentary and portrait photographs from many countries of the world. His photographs are in private collections in New York, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Florida, California, New Jersey, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Idaho, North Carolina, Nebraska, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Washington, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Delaware, Montana, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, etc, as well as in several publications and as part of the...