Temple of Asclepius
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Temple
- Description: temple in Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Temple of Aesculapius”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Galleria Borghese and Villa Medici.
Galleria Borghese
Museum
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Laterbat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 740 metres south of Temple of Asclepius.
Fonte Gaia
Fountain
Photo: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fonte Gaia is a fountain, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Temple of Asclepius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Centre and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).
North Centre
Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains)
Locality
Photo: R-bitzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quartiere Coppedè is a neighborhood.
Temple of Asclepius
- Categories: building, pavilion, and religion
- Location: Municipio Roma II, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.91492° or 41° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
12.48277° or 12° 28′ 58″ eastInception
1786Open location code
8FHJWF7M+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 205703789OpenStreetMap feature
building=templeWikidata ID
Q3983244
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Turkish—“Temple of Asclepius” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Hram Asklepija”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Asclepius”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد اسكولابيوس”
- French: “temple d’Esculape”
- French: “Temple d’Esculape”
- German: “Tempel des Aesculap”
- Greek: “Ναός του Ασκληπιού”
- Italian: “Tempio di Esculapio”
- Persian: “معبد آسکولاپیوس (ویلا بورگزه)”
- Persian: “معبد آسکولاپیوس”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Esculápio (Villa Borghese)”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Esculápio”
- Russian: “Храм Эскулапа”
- Slovenian: “Eskulapov tempelj”
- Spanish: “Templo de Esculapio”
- Turkish: “Esculapio Tapınağı”
- Turkish: “Tempio di Esculapio”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Temple of Asclepius”. Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.