Goddess Minerva's Shrine

(Translated by Google) The spread of Hellas culture had several ways. One of them is military, predatory. Alexander the Great went to the East. And to the West - Rome. Finding the altar of the goddess Athena in the English outback is quite unexpected, but pleasant Ancient ruins in deep England. The most impressive projects: the founding of London, the construction of two giant defensive ramparts by Emperor Hadrian and Emperor Antoninus. Numerous military bases appeared on the southern part of the island. Castrum Deva Victrix is one of them. Mentioned by the Greek geographer (as well as astronomer, mathematician, mechanic, optician, music theorist) Claudius Ptolemy. After the arrival of the Saxons, the settlement became known as Legacaestir, which means "City of the Legions" in Old English. Now it is the aristocratic town of Chester. Altar of Minerva (goddess Athena). The only facility of its kind in England Your #Socrates_in_Greece (Original) . , . . . , . : , . . Deva Victrix . ( , , , , ) . Legacaestir, . . ( ). #__
Sep 11th, 2022

A truly evocative site. Minerva was not only the Roman goddess of war but also of crafts, making her the protector of both the soldiers and the quarrymen who laboured here nearly two thousand years ago. Much of the stone carving has worn away but I could still make out the outline of the helmeted goddess and her spear, and imagine how it must have looked when the Romans were making their religious offerings here.
Feb 11th, 2022

Sadly when I called past the shrine there was no beautiful goddess to greet me, only an elderly lady eating chip's and swigging strong lager, maybe she was the goddess, as she did ask me for an offering, in fairness she also offered me a swig of her lager, I politely declined, was kind of her though eh. The Minerva Shrine is situated in Edgar's field park. It's a lovely place to walk on an Autmn day, or picnic in the warmer months. If it snows, it's an ideal location for sledging, however, it can get busy. The Shrine is quite worn away, though you can make out a rough outline of a figure carved into the living rock. Come to think of it, the elderly lady looked very like the carving, mind you, I imagine that the carving is at least 1ooo year's old, and more.
Sep 17th, 2021

Really cool place. 2nd century shrine carved into a large boulder on a field. The shrine is a stone calving which obviously its the 2nd century so its pretty beat up but you can make out the figure. Theres a cave hole into the boulder but its got bars and inaccessible but its only small anyway so not much to see. Definitely worth the stop tho as you wont get to see many 2nd century carvings like this in the u.k
Sep 8th, 2021

Jun 5th, 2021