Temple of Asclepius
The Temple of Asclepius was an ancient Roman temple to Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, on the Isola Tiberina in Rome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: building in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Temple of Aesculapius” and “Temple of Asclepius, Rome”
Photo: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Asclepius and Galleria Borghese.
Temple of Asclepius
Temple
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The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in Rome, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792 by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci, with help from Cristoforo Unterperger.
Galleria Borghese
Museum
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The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction. Galleria Borghese is situated 770 metres east of Temple of Asclepius.
Villa Medici
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The Villa Medici is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in the historic centre of Rome, Italy. Villa Medici is situated 750 metres south of Temple of Asclepius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Centre and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).
North Centre
North Central Rome is a district that covers the areas around Piazza di Spagna, Piazza del Popolo and Parioli, as well as the magnificent Villa Borghese and its gardens.
Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)
Locality
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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in Rome.
Quartiere Coppedè
Neighborhood
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Quartiere Coppedè is a neighborhood.
Temple of Asclepius
- Categories: Roman temple, ancient Roman structure, Asclepeion, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma II, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Temple of Asclepius” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tempel van Aesculapius”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد اسكليبيوس”
- French: “Temple d’Asclépios”
- French: “temple d’Esculape”
- French: “Temple d’Esculape”
- German: “Tempel des Äskulap”
- Italian: “Tempio di Esculapio”
- Persian: “معبد آسکولاپیوس (رم)”
- Persian: “معبد آسکولاپیوس”
- Polish: “Świątynia Eskulapa na Wyspie Tyberyjskiej”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Asclépio”
- Russian: “Храм Асклепия”
- Spanish: “Templo de Esculapio”
- Turkish: “Esculapio Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Tempio di Esculapio”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Асклепія в Римі”
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