Temple of Venus and Rome

The Temple of Venus and Roma is thought to have been the largest temple in Ancient Rome. Located on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the , it was dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix and Roma Aeterna.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
  • …is also known as “Temple of Venus and Roma”
  • Description: Located on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum, in Rome, it was dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix (‘Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune’) and Roma Aeterna (‘Eternal Rome’)

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Temple of Venus and Rome

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Latitude
41.89092° or 41° 53′ 27″ north
Longitude
12.48973° or 12° 29′ 23″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFRQ+9V
Geo­Names ID
6269252
Wiki­data ID
Q430792

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Temple of Venus and Rome” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد فينوس وروما”
  • Armenian: “Վեներա և Ռոմա աստվածուհիների տաճար”
  • Basque: “Venus eta Erromaren tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Венеры і Ромы”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на Венера и Рома”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Venus i Roma”
  • Chinese: “维纳斯和罗马神庙”
  • Czech: “Chrám Venuše a Romy”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Venus en Roma”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Venuso kaj Romo”
  • Finnish: “Venuksen ja Rooman temppeli”
  • French: “Temple de Vénus et de Rome”
  • German: “Tempel der Venus und der Roma”
  • Greek: “Ναός της Αφροδίτης και της Ρώμης”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש ונוס ורומא”
  • Hungarian: “Vénusz és Róma temploma”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Venere e Roma”
  • Japanese: “ウェヌスとローマ神殿”
  • Latin: “Templum Veneris et Romae”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Wenus i Romy”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Vénus e Roma”
  • Romanian: “Templul lui Venus și al Romei”
  • Russian: “Храм Венеры и Ромы”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Venere i Rome”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj Venere in Rome”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Venus y Roma”
  • Swedish: “Venus och Romas tempel”
  • Turkish: “Tempio di Venere e Roma”
  • Turkish: “Venere ve Roma Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Venüs ve Roma Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Венери і Роми”

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