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Temple of Hercules Victor, 1890s

The Temple of Hercules Victor is an ancient edifice located in Piazza Bocca della Verità, in the area of the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome. It is a monopteros, a round temple of Greek peripteral design completely encircled by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta until it was correctly identified by Napoleon's Prefect of Rome, Camille de Tournon. Dating from the later 2nd century BC, and perhaps erected by L. Mummius Achaicus, conqueror of the Achaeans and destroyer of Corinth, the temple is 48.5 feet in diameter and consists of a circular cella within a concentric ring of twenty Corinthian columns 35 feet tall, resting on a tuff foundation. These elements supported an architrave and roof, which have disappeared. The original wall of the cella, built of travertine and marble blocks, and nineteen of the originally twenty columns remain but the current tile roof was added earlier. The temple is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. Detroit Publishing Company circa 1890-1900.
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Temple of Hercules Victor, 1890s
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The Temple of Hercules Victor is an ancient edifice located in Piazza Bocca della Verità, in the area of the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome. It is a monopteros, a round temple of Greek peripteral design completely encircled by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta until it was correctly identified by Napoleon's Prefect of Rome, Camille de Tournon. Dating from the later 2nd century BC, and perhaps erected by L. Mummius Achaicus, conqueror of the Achaeans and destroyer of Corinth, the temple is 48.5 feet in diameter and consists of a circular cella within a concentric ring of twenty Corinthian columns 35 feet tall, resting on a tuff foundation. These elements supported an architrave and roof, which have disappeared. The original wall of the cella, built of travertine and marble blocks, and nineteen of the originally twenty columns remain but the current tile roof was added earlier. The temple is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. Detroit Publishing Company circa 1890-1900.
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3099 x 4200 px | 37.2 MB
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26.2 x 35.6 cm | 10.3 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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