Religious devotion in ancient Rome and modern Italy.Â
The Lararium: a Roman Legacy.
Lararium (home shrine). House of the Red Walls,Pompeii. Photo by Umberto Cesino.
Votive chapel devoted to the Holy Virgin of Oropa and some Saints near Nelva, a village in Callabiana municipality (BI, Italy). Photo by  F. Ceragioli /cc by-sa 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Lararium from Pompeii. Photo by  ArchaiOptix, cc by-sa 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Â
Capitello votivo. Photo by Pepin Soldano (Public Domain)
Lararium in the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii (Unknown author)
 Aedicule dedicated to the Madonna dating back to 1600, located in the hamlet of Sola in the municipality of Fara Olivana con Sola. Photo by Luca Giovanni Bertini cc by-sa 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
