The Temple of Augustus from an Early Christian Church to a Museum

Uz detaljnu analizu i kritičko preispitivanje dosadašnjih spoznaja o sekundarnoj namjeni Augustovog hrama u Puli kroz stoljeća, kao i uz prezentiranje dosad neobjavljenih dokumenata, prati se društvena, namjenska i arhitektonska preobrazba hrama od ranokršćanske crkve preko stambene zgrade, gradskog fontika pa lapidarija do muzeja. Pritom se ispravljaju pojedina dosadašnja opažanja ili povijesna tumačenja. Sredinom 18. stoljeća pulski antički spomenici postaju nezaobilazan predmet interesa mnogih proučavatelja antike: arhitekata, arheologa i slikara. Samim time su nezaobilazno povijesno vrelo za proučavanje Augustovog hrama - osim pisanih - i likovni povijesni izvori.With a detailed analysis and a critical review of former perceptions regarding the secondary use of the Temple of Augustus in Pula through the centuries, and the presentation of previously unreleased documents, we follow the social, actual and architectural transformation of the temple from an Early Christian church, dwelling house, town granary, lapidarium, to a museum. At the same time certain observations or historical interpretations from the past have been corrected. In the middle of the 18th century Pula’s ancient monuments became an unavoidable object of interest to many researchers of antiquity: architects, archaeologists and painters. Thus, in addition to written materials, historical sources from the field of fine arts also figure prominently in the study of the Temple of Augustus