The fire in the Temple of Vesta was tended to by Vestal Virgins. They were priestesses of Vesta, who was known as the goddess of the hearth.
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Vesta was the Roman goddess of home, hearth, and family. Her symbol was a sacred fire and her Greek equivalent was Hestia.
Vesta was the Roman name. Hestia was Vesta's Greek equivalent.
Vulcan was the god of fire and Vesta was the goddess of fire. Vulcan was the Roman equivalent of Hephaestus, the lame smith of the gods. Correction: Vesta was the goddess of the hearth. Not quite the same.
At several temples of Vesta, the most important one on the Forum Romanum in Rome.
Home and hearth.