page_title: Nehalennia
section_title: Temples
hierarchical_section_title: Nehalennia / Temples
caption_attribution_description: Antycke steenen en penningen, gevonden op de zeestrandt bij Domburgh in January 1647discovery of a Nehalennia-temple in Domburg, Netherlands
context_page_description: Nehalennia is a goddess of unclear origin, perhaps Germanic or Celtic. She is attested on and depicted upon numerous votive altars discovered around what is now the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, where the Schelde River flowed into the North Sea. Worship of Nehalennia dates back at least to the 2nd century BC, and veneration of the goddess continued to flourish in northern Europe in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
context_section_description: Religious practices surrounding Nehalennia were at their peak in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, at which time there were at least two or three temples located in the area of what is now Zeeland. At the time, this region on the sea coast was an important link for the trade between the Rhine area and Britain. It is known that the Morini, who lived on the North Sea coast, worshipped Nehalennia. Visitors came to worship from as far away as Besançon, France and Trier, Germany. Nehalennia had two sanctuaries or shrines, embellished with numerous altars: one at Domburg on the island of Walcheren, and another at Colijnsplaat on the shore of the Oosterschelde.
  In August 2005, a replica of the Nehalennia temple near the lost town of Ganuenta was opened in Colijnsplaat.
caption: Illustration of the discovery of a Nehalennia temple in 1645 in Domburg, Netherlands, by A.C. Bonn, 1805
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