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From June 20, visitors to the National History Museum will be able to take a virtual walk in the temple of the goddess of happiness and fortune Fortuna.
The project of the virtual restoration of the temple is completed with all the details revealed during the research and typical for the era of the temple in the camp of the V Macedonian Legion, the colony of Ulpia Escus.
The architectural restoration is the work of architect Julius Farkov, who worked for many years with Teofil Ivanov in the ancient city, according to the museum.
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Virtual reality is funded by the budget of the National History Museum.
The temple is located in the southeast corner of the Forum complex of the city.
The Temple of Fortune (templum Fortunae) has been fully discovered and studied.
To the south it borders the decumanus maximus.
Its plan is rectangular: length 50.20 m (north - south) and width 28 m (east - west).
It consists of a southern portico (colonnade) with a two-line building inscription in Latin, 26 m long;
a rectangular courtyard with a colonnade;
the temple of Fortune;
premises north of the temple.
The whole complex was built in Corinthian style.
The Latin inscription contains the names and titles of the Roman emperor Commodus (180 - 192) to whom the temple is dedicated.
According to the inscription, the temple was built with the funds of the "Association of Craftsmen" (collegium fabrorum) in 190. The colonnade of the courtyard was decorated with friezes - architraves, filled with embossed bull heads and laurel garlands.
The temple of Fortuna consisted of an entrance hall and a cult room.
The south façade had four Corinthian columns.
On the triangular pediment are depicted two Victoria holding a laurel wreath.
Inside the wreath was a relief image - probably the head of a jellyfish to protect against evil.
The temple complex was destroyed by the Goths or by an earthquake in 376-378. The virtual tour is part of the permanent exhibition of the National History Museum and can be seen with an additional ticket.
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