Ankara - Temple of Augustus and of Rome Ögüst Mabedi

About 400m/435yds northeast of Ulus Meydani, next to the Haci Bayram Camii, are the remains of what is unquestionably the most important ancient building in Ankara, the "Temple of Augustus and of Rome". Converted in the fourth century into a Christian church having a rectangular choir with light and dark stone patterning, it was first built in the second century B.C. as an Ionic dipteros with pronaos, cella and rear hall (presumably of Pergamum influence). Originally dedicated to the Phrygian gods Men (moon) and Cybele (earth mother, fertility), it was restored under Augustus and became a joint shrine to the first Roman emperor and to the goddess of the city of Rome.