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Erice: Castle of Venus sent on June 28, 2013 (19:11) by Obadessa. 0 comments, 994 views.

1/100 f/9.0, ISO 100, hand held. Erice, Italy.

La rocca sulla quale nel medioevo venne edificato il Castrum Montis Sancti Juliani, conosciuto tradizionalmente come "Castello di Venere", fu frequentata dalle popolazioni locali sin dalla preistoria, come attesta il ritrovamento di molti oggetti in pietra, ceramica e bronzo rinvenuti nell'area. A partire dall'età Arcaica (VII-VI a.C.), così come testimoniato dalle fonti storiche e soprattutto da alcune iscrizioni ritrovate ad Erice, il sito fu sede di un Santuario dedicato al culto di una importante divinità femminile della fecondità. La notorietà del Santuario, nel quale si praticava la prostituzione sacra, così come in altri coevi santuari sparsi lungo le principali rotte marittime del Mediterraneo, si accrebbe dopo la conquista della Sicilia da parte dei Romani (III a.C.) che identificarono la dea con Venere portando il suo culto anche a Roma dove furono dedicati due templi a Venere Ericina.



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