Temple of Castor and Pollux
The Temple of Castor and Pollux was an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus.Photo: MM, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, central Italy
- Also known as: “aedes Castoris” and “aedes Castorus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Caesar and Basilica Julia.
Temple of Caesar
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Caesar or Temple of Divus Iulius, also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, was an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the Regia and the Temple of Vesta.
Basilica Julia
Photo: MM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica Julia was a civil basilica in the Roman Forum. Construction began under Julius Caesar in 46 BCE and was completed by Augustus, who ultimately dedicated the basilica to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in 12 CE.
Arch of Titus
The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. Arch of Titus is situated 270 metres southeast of Temple of Castor and Pollux.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Temple of Castor and Pollux
- Categories: ruins, Roman temple, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Temple of Castor and Pollux” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կաստորի և Պոլիդևքեսի տաճար”
- Basque: “Kastor eta Polluxen tenplua”
- Basque: “Kastor eta Poluxen tenplua”
- Belarusian: “Храм Дыяскураў”
- Bulgarian: “Храм на Кастор и Полукс”
- Catalan: “Temple de Càstor i Pòl·lux”
- Chinese: “卡斯托尔和波吕克斯神庙”
- Czech: “Chrám Castora a Polluka”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Castor en Pollux”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كاستور وبولوكس”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Kastoro kaj Polukso”
- Finnish: “Castorin ja Polluxin temppeli”
- French: “temple de Castor et Pollux”
- French: “Temple de Castor et Pollux”
- French: “temple des Dioscures”
- French: “Temple des Dioscures”
- German: “Aedes Castoris”
- German: “Castortempel”
- German: “Tempel der Dioskuren”
- Greek: “Ναός του Κάστορα και του Πολυδεύκη”
- Hebrew: “מקדש קסטור ופולוקס”
- Hebrew: “מקדש קסטור”
- Hungarian: “Castor és Pollux temploma”
- Irish: “Teampall Chastór agus Phollacs”
- Italian: “Tempio dei Castori”
- Italian: “Tempio dei Càstori”
- Italian: “Tempio dei Dioscuri (Roma, Foro Romano)”
- Italian: “Tempio dei Dioscuri”
- Italian: “Tempio di Castore e Polluce”
- Japanese: “カストルとポルックス神殿”
- Latin: “Aedes Castoris”
- Latin: “Templum Castoris et Pollucis (Roma)”
- Latin: “Templum Castoris Pollucisque”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castor og Pollux-templet”
- Norwegian: “Castor og Pollux-templet”
- Persian: “معبد کاستور و پولوکس”
- Polish: “Świątynia Kastora i Polluksa”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Castor e Pólux”
- Romanian: “Templul lui Castor și Pollux”
- Russian: “Храм Диоскуров”
- Russian: “Храм Кастора и Поллукса”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Kastora i Poluksa”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj Kastorja in Poluksa”
- Spanish: “Templo de Castor y Polux”
- Spanish: “Templo de Castor y Pólux”
- Spanish: “Templo de Cástor y Polux”
- Spanish: “Templo de Cástor y Pólux”
- Swedish: “Castor och Pollux tempel”
- Swedish: “Castors och Pollux tempel”
- Swedish: “Dioskurernas tempel”
- Turkish: “Castor ve pollux tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Castor ve Pollux Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Dioscuri Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Tempio dei Dioscuri”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Діоскурів”
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