Temple of Castor and Pollux

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• Engravings by Piranesi (Other Images Sources)

  Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an Italian engraver. He was famous even in his own times because of his very detailed and precise engravings of Rome in the 18th century, and especially for his pictures of the ancient ruins found in the city and surroundings … [Read more]

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• Central square (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The central part of the forum formed an open square. This was the location of many public meetings in the last century of the Roman Republic, which were moved there from the Comitium. In the imperial period the square became a mostly monumental area, with ever more monuments put in … [Read more]

• Temple of Castor and Pollux (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Templum Castorum or Aedes Castoris) introduced the Greek cult of the dioscuri into Rome, in its very heart, the Forum Romanum, where it is located between Basilica Julia across the Vicus Tuscus, the Temple of Divus Julius, the Arch of Augustus and the Temple of Vesta … [Read more]

• Vicus Tuscus (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Vicus Tuscus lead from the main square of the Forum Romanum, between the Basilica Julia and the Temple of Castor and Pollux, towards the Velabrum. It passed the Temple of Augustus and the Horrea Agrippiana before reaching the Arch of Janus and the Forum Boarium, the current Piazza Bocca della Verità … [Read more]