Piazza Bocca della Verità
Piazza Bocca della Verità is a square between Via Luigi Petroselli and Via della Greca in Rome, in the rione Ripa. The square lies in the ancient area of the Forum Boarium, the cattle market of ancient Rome, just in front of the Tiber Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: square in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “piazza Bocca della Verita” and “piazza Bocca della Verità”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Portunus and Forum Boarium.
Temple of Portunus
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The Temple of Portunus is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy. It was built beside the Forum Boarium, 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 Pons Aemilius.
Forum Boarium
Park
Photo: Torquatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Forum Boarium was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills.
Temple of Hercules Victor
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The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, the former Forum Boarium, in Rome, Italy. It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.
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
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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.
Piazza Bocca della Verità
- Category: locality
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.88882° or 41° 53′ 20″ northLongitude
12.48162° or 12° 28′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8FHJVFQJ+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 123971344OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q3902429
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Piazza Bocca della Verità” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaça de la Bocca della Verità”
- Chinese: “真理之口廣場”
- Dutch: “Piazza Bocca della Verità”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان بوكا ديلا فيريتا”
- French: “Piazza della Bocca della Verità”
- German: “Platz des Mundes der Wahrheit”
- Italian: “Piazza Bocca della Verità (Roma)”
- Italian: “Piazza Bocca della Verità”
- Italian: “piazza della Bocca della Verità”
- Italian: “Piazza della Bocca della Verità”
- Italian: “Square of the Mouth of Truth”
- Turkish: “Bocca della Verità Meydanı”
- Turkish: “Piazza Bocca della Verità”
- Turkish: “piazza della Bocca della Verità”
- Ukrainian: “площа Вуст істини”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bocca della Verità and Roma Capitale - Dipartimento sviluppo economico e attività produttive.
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