Tempio di Minerva

Ancient Temple Assisi, Italy

It is believed that the temple, built in the 1st century BC, was dedicated to Hercules even if it takes its name from the discovery of a statue of a woman. After being used as a prison, houses, shops, seat of the city council, in the Middle Ages the temple was transformed into a church with the name of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. In 1634 it was readapted in Baroque style and dedicated to S. Filippo Neri.