Temple of Portunus

The Temple of Portunus is a small ancient Roman temple in , Italy, on the modern Piazza della Bocca della Verità. It was built beside the ancient , the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River, the .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
  • …is also known as “Temple of Fortuna Virilis”
  • …was formerly known as “Tempio della Fortuna Virile”
  • …is operated by Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma
  • Description: Roman temple in Rome, Italy

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forum Boarium and Cloaca Maxima.
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The was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome.
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The or, less often, Maxima Cloaca, is one of the world's earliest sewage systems.
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The or Hercules Olivarius…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
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The Capitolium or , between the …
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The , which is the centremost of the…
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is a district in .

Temple of Portunus

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Latitude
41.88925° or 41° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.48091° or 12° 28′ 51″ east
Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 251331418
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11920020
Wiki­data ID
Q849241

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Temple of Portunus” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Portunusen Tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Партуна”
  • Bosnian: “Hram Portunusa”
  • Bosnian: “Portunov hram”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Portunnus”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Portunus”
  • Chinese: “波图努斯神庙”
  • Chinese: “波圖努斯神廟”
  • Croatian: “Portunov hram”
  • Czech: “Portunův chrám”
  • Danish: “Portunus-templet”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Portunus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بورتنيوس”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Fortuno Vira”
  • Finnish: “Portunuksen temppeli”
  • French: “Temple de la Fortune virile”
  • French: “Temple de Portunus”
  • Georgian: “ფორტუნას ტაძარი”
  • German: “Tempel der Fortuna Virilis”
  • German: “Tempel des Portunus”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Πορτούνου”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש פורטונוס”
  • Hungarian: “Portunus temploma”
  • Italian: “Tempio della Fortuna Virile”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Portuno”
  • Italian: “tempio di Portunus al Foro Boario”
  • Japanese: “ポルトゥヌス神殿”
  • Korean: “포르투누스 신전”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Templo de Portuno”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portunustempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Portunustempelet”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Portunusa”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Portuno”
  • Russian: “Храм Портуна”
  • Russian: “храм Фортуны Вирилис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portunov hram”
  • Spanish: “Templo de la Fortuna Viril”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Portuno”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Portunus”
  • Swedish: “Portunustemplet”
  • Turkish: “Fortuna Virilis Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Portuno Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Tempio di Portuno”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Портуна”
  • Urdu: “پورتونوس کا مندر”

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