Webster Dictionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Pedestal (noun) the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column. Pedestal (noun)
The Plaza de Cibeles is the busiest district in Madrid because it houses one of the largest and tallest post offices in the world â the Communications Palace. This is the building that carries with it about 3 thousand workers everyday.
From the sources, we can piece together the following information about the origins and practices of the festival of Cybele and about the ambivalent approach adopted by the Romans towards her cult. Cybele/ the Magna Mater was a Phrygian deity who entered Rome in the latter part of the 3 rd century B.C.rom the sources, we can piece together the following information about the origins and practices of the festival of Cybele and about the ambivalent approach adopted by the Romans towards her cult. Cybele/ the Magna Mater was a Phrygian deity who entered Rome in the latter part of the 3 rd century B.C.