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Temple of Hercules Victor

The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in , the former , in , . It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, in the area of the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Aedes Herculis Victoris”, “building in municipio I, Italy”, and “Tempio di Ercole Oleario”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forum Boarium and Cloaca Maxima.

Park
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The was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the between the , the and hills.

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The as it was originally built to drain the rain water from the city, or, less often, Maxima Cloaca, is one of the world's earliest drainage systems.

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The is an ancient Roman temple in , . It was built beside the , 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the 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.

Locality
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The , 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".

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Temple of Hercules Victor

Latitude
41.88874° or 41° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.48077° or 12° 28′ 51″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFQJ+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 251342364
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Geo­Names ID
11979178
Wiki­data ID
Q576929
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Temple of Hercules Victor” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Геркулес ҡорамы (Рим)”
  • Bashkir: “Геркулес ҡорамы”
  • Basque: “Herkules Viktorren Tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Геркулеса Віктара”
  • Catalan: “Temple d’Hèrcules”
  • Chinese: “胜利者海克力斯神庙”
  • Croatian: “Hram Herkula Viktora”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Hercules Invictus”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Hercules Victor”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Herkulo Venkinto”
  • Finnish: “Hercules Victorin temppeli”
  • French: “Temple d’Hercule Olivarius”
  • French: “temple d’Hercule Victor”
  • French: “Temple d’Hercule Victor”
  • Georgian: “ჰერკულესის ტაძარი (რომი)”
  • Georgian: “ჰერკულესის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Tempel des Hercules Victor”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Νικητήριου Ηρακλή”
  • Hungarian: “Győzedelmes Hercules temploma”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Ercole Vincitore”
  • Japanese: “ヘラクレス・ウィクトール神殿”
  • Latin: “Aedes Hercules Victor”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Templo de Hercule Vinsor”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Westy”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Hércules Victor”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Vesta”
  • Russian: “храм Геркулеса Победителя”
  • Russian: “Храм Геркулеса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Herkula Viktora”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj Herkula Viktorja”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Hercules Victor”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Hércules Víctor”
  • Swedish: “Hercules Victors tempel”
  • Turkish: “Ercole Vincitore Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Tempio di Ercole Vincitore”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Геркулеса Віктора”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Геркулеса Переможця”

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