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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.
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Temple of Hercules Victor

Piazza della Bocca della Verità, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
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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.

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attractions: Mouth of Truth, Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Forum Boarium, Temple of Portunus, Fountain of the Tritons, Ponte Palatino, Campagna Amica Market, Pons Aemilius, Cloaca Maxima, Giardino degli Aranci, restaurants: 47 Circus Roof Garden, Trattoria Da Enzo al 29, Trattoria Da Teo, Rhinoceros Le Restau & RoofBar, 075 zerosettantacinque, Tiberino Ristorante, In Roma - since 1917, Terra Satis bar, Ristorante le Mani in Pasta, Osteria Circo
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The Temple of Hercules Victor is a rare jewel of ancient Rome, built in the 2nd century BCE. It’s the oldest marble temple still standing in the city. Circular, with 20 slender Corinthian columns, it looks more Greek than Roman — and that’s no accident: it was likely built by a Greek architect.

Legend says this is where Hercules defeated the fire-breathing giant Cacus, who had stolen his cattle. To honor the hero, merchants and traders — under Hercules’ divine protection — had this temple built in the Forum Boarium, Rome’s bustling cattle and trade market.

Today, it stands almost untouched by time, a quiet survivor surrounded by traffic, still whispering stories of myth, marble, and merchants. Il Tempio di Ercole Vincitore è una gemma rara dell’antica Roma, costruito nel II secolo a.C. È il più antico tempio in marmo ancora in piedi nella città. La sua forma circolare e le 20 eleganti colonne corinzie lo fanno sembrare greco — e forse lo è: si pensa sia stato progettato da un architetto greco.

La leggenda vuole che qui Ercole sconfisse il gigante Caco, che gli aveva rubato i buoi. In suo onore, i mercanti del Foro Boario, antico mercato del bestiame, gli dedicarono questo tempio. Ercole era il protettore dei commercianti, simbolo di forza e giustizia.

Oggi il tempio resiste al tempo, circondato dal caos urbano, ma ancora capace di raccontare miti, pietre e storie di un mondo antico. معبد هرکول پیروز یکی از نادرترین گنجینه‌های رم باستان است که در قرن دوم پیش از میلاد ساخته شد. این معبد قدیمی‌ترین معبد مرمری رم است که هنوز پابرجاست. شکلی دایره‌ای دارد و با ۲۰ ستون باریک کورنتی، بیشتر شبیه معابد یونانی است تا رومی — و احتمالاً هم توسط یک معمار یونانی طراحی شده.

افسانه می‌گوید در همین‌جا بود که هرکول هیولای آتش‌نفس کاکوس را شکست داد؛ کاکوسی که گاوهایش را دزدیده بود. بازرگانان بازار دام (فوروم بواریوم)، که هرکول را محافظ خود می‌دانستند، این معبد را به افتخار او ساختند.

امروزه، در میان خیابان‌های شلوغ رم، این معبد هنوز ایستاده است — آرام، استوار، و...

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In Piazza Bocca della Verità, adjacent to the Temple of Portunus, is this small and enchanting circular temple, the oldest preserved marble building in Roma.Wrongly called Temple of Vesta, it was dedicated to Hercules Victor, protector of traders who carried out their activities in the nearby Foro Boario. The area, located between the Tiber, the Capitol, the Palatine and the Aventine Hill, was intended for the livestock market.Also known as Ercole Invitto or Ercole Oleario, the temple was probably built by the architect Hermodoros of Salamis towards the end of the 2nd century BC. on behalf of Marcus Octavius Herennius, a wealthy olive oil dealer. Inside was a magnificent bronze cult statue, perhaps made by Skopas Minore, a Greek sculptor of the end of the 2nd century BC. Found under the pontificate of Sixtus IV, it is now kept in the Capitoline Museums.The building, built in Hellenic marble, has twenty Corinthian columns, standing on a stepped base of tuff blocks. Some of the columns are in Lunense marble, attributable to the restoration carried out under Tiberius probably after the flood of 15 AD.n the 12th century, the temple was transformed into the church of Santo Stefano delle Carrozze. From the mid-16th century, it was dedicated to Santa Maria del Sole, following the discovery in the Tiber of an image of the Virgin considered miraculous. The interior of the building still retains a valuable fresco depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints from the end of the 15th century.In 1809, when Rome was the second city of the Napoleonic Empire, the architect Giuseppe Valadier restored the temple on commission by the French government, trying to bring the structure to its...

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Ich schlendere durch die Straßen Roms, und nach einem kurzen Abstecher durch die engen Gassen des Stadtteils Campo de' Fiori stoße ich auf den Tempel des Hercules Victor. Der Tempel, auch bekannt als Tempio di Ercole Vincitore, ist ein bemerkenswertes Bauwerk, das mir sofort ins Auge fällt, obwohl er inmitten der städtischen Hektik steht.

Mit seinen zylindrischen Säulen, die sich elegant in die Höhe strecken, ist der Tempel ein beeindruckendes Beispiel für die römische Architektur. Der Korpus des Tempels ist aus Travertin und die Korinthischen Säulen aus marmorierten Steinen, die dem Bau einen erhabenen Glanz verleihen. Ich halte inne und bewundere die klare geometrische Form und die harmonischen Proportionen, die dem Tempel eine zeitlose Schönheit verleihen. Man könnte meinen, er sei vor kurzem errichtet worden, obwohl er tatsächlich auf das 2. Jahrhundert v. Chr. zurückgeht.

Dieser Ort hat eine faszinierende Geschichte. Der Tempel wurde zu Ehren des griechischen Helden Hercules errichtet, der für seine Stärke und Tapferkeit bekannt war. Hercules wurde im Römischen Reich als Gott der Stärke und des Erfolgs verehrt, besonders bei Handel und Sport. Ich stelle mir vor, wie einst Gläubige hierher kamen, um Opfergaben zu bringen und ihre Bitten um Kraft und Erfolg an den Gott zu richten. In einer Stadt, die von Wettbewerb und Ehrgeiz geprägt war, muss dieser Tempel eine wichtige Rolle gespielt haben.

Ich bemerke, dass der Tempel nicht nur ein architektonisches Meisterwerk ist, sondern auch ein Ort der Ruhe inmitten des geschäftigen Lebens Roms. Der angrenzende Piazza della Bocca della Verità ist voller Menschen, die lachen, sich unterhalten und die Atmosphäre genießen. Touristen fotografieren sich vor den alten Säulen, während Einheimische in den kleinen Cafés rundherum sitzen und ihren Caffè genießen.

Ich lehne mich gegen eine der alten Mauern in der Nähe des Tempels und lasse meinen Blick über die Umgebung schweifen. In der Ferne höre ich das Klappern von Vespa-Rädern und das Rufen von Straßenverkäufern. Es ist erstaunlich, wie dieser Tempel, der mehr als zwei Jahrtausende alt ist, immer noch Teil des pulsierenden Lebens dieser Stadt ist. Ich frage mich, wie viele Generationen von Menschen hier waren, um die Schönheit des Tempels zu bewundern und um ihre eigenen Hoffnungen und Träume mit Hercules zu teilen.

Ein kurzer Blick auf das Innere des Tempels lässt mich an die verlorene Pracht vergangener Zeiten denken. Früher war er mit Statuen und Altären geschmückt, die das Götterbild des Hercules und seine Taten darstellten. Doch heute ist der Tempel leer, und ich kann mir nur vorstellen, wie lebhaft und bedeutend er einst war.

Als ich mich schließlich von diesem Ort der Geschichte und Ruhe entferne, spüre ich eine Verbindung zu den Menschen, die diesen Tempel über die Jahrhunderte hinweg besucht haben. Der Tempel des Hercules Victor ist für mich nicht nur ein architektonisches Denkmal, sondern auch ein Symbol für die menschliche Sehnsucht nach Stärke und Erfolg. Während ich weiter durch die Straßen Roms gehe, fühle ich mich bereichert von der Geschichte und der Magie, die diesen Ort umgeben.

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The Temple of Hercules Victor is a rare jewel of ancient Rome, built in the 2nd century BCE. It’s the oldest marble temple still standing in the city. Circular, with 20 slender Corinthian columns, it looks more Greek than Roman — and that’s no accident: it was likely built by a Greek architect. Legend says this is where Hercules defeated the fire-breathing giant Cacus, who had stolen his cattle. To honor the hero, merchants and traders — under Hercules’ divine protection — had this temple built in the Forum Boarium, Rome’s bustling cattle and trade market. Today, it stands almost untouched by time, a quiet survivor surrounded by traffic, still whispering stories of myth, marble, and merchants. ____________________ Il Tempio di Ercole Vincitore è una gemma rara dell’antica Roma, costruito nel II secolo a.C. È il più antico tempio in marmo ancora in piedi nella città. La sua forma circolare e le 20 eleganti colonne corinzie lo fanno sembrare greco — e forse lo è: si pensa sia stato progettato da un architetto greco. La leggenda vuole che qui Ercole sconfisse il gigante Caco, che gli aveva rubato i buoi. In suo onore, i mercanti del Foro Boario, antico mercato del bestiame, gli dedicarono questo tempio. Ercole era il protettore dei commercianti, simbolo di forza e giustizia. Oggi il tempio resiste al tempo, circondato dal caos urbano, ma ancora capace di raccontare miti, pietre e storie di un mondo antico. ______________________ معبد هرکول پیروز یکی از نادرترین گنجینه‌های رم باستان است که در قرن دوم پیش از میلاد ساخته شد. این معبد قدیمی‌ترین معبد مرمری رم است که هنوز پابرجاست. شکلی دایره‌ای دارد و با ۲۰ ستون باریک کورنتی، بیشتر شبیه معابد یونانی است تا رومی — و احتمالاً هم توسط یک معمار یونانی طراحی شده. افسانه می‌گوید در همین‌جا بود که هرکول هیولای آتش‌نفس کاکوس را شکست داد؛ کاکوسی که گاوهایش را دزدیده بود. بازرگانان بازار دام (فوروم بواریوم)، که هرکول را محافظ خود می‌دانستند، این معبد را به افتخار او ساختند. امروزه، در میان خیابان‌های شلوغ رم، این معبد هنوز ایستاده است — آرام، استوار، و پر از افسانه.
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In Piazza Bocca della Verità, adjacent to the Temple of Portunus, is this small and enchanting circular temple, the oldest preserved marble building in Roma.Wrongly called Temple of Vesta, it was dedicated to Hercules Victor, protector of traders who carried out their activities in the nearby Foro Boario. The area, located between the Tiber, the Capitol, the Palatine and the Aventine Hill, was intended for the livestock market.Also known as Ercole Invitto or Ercole Oleario, the temple was probably built by the architect Hermodoros of Salamis towards the end of the 2nd century BC. on behalf of Marcus Octavius Herennius, a wealthy olive oil dealer. Inside was a magnificent bronze cult statue, perhaps made by Skopas Minore, a Greek sculptor of the end of the 2nd century BC. Found under the pontificate of Sixtus IV, it is now kept in the Capitoline Museums.The building, built in Hellenic marble, has twenty Corinthian columns, standing on a stepped base of tuff blocks. Some of the columns are in Lunense marble, attributable to the restoration carried out under Tiberius probably after the flood of 15 AD.n the 12th century, the temple was transformed into the church of Santo Stefano delle Carrozze. From the mid-16th century, it was dedicated to Santa Maria del Sole, following the discovery in the Tiber of an image of the Virgin considered miraculous. The interior of the building still retains a valuable fresco depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints from the end of the 15th century.In 1809, when Rome was the second city of the Napoleonic Empire, the architect Giuseppe Valadier restored the temple on commission by the French government, trying to bring the structure to its original splendour.
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The Temple of Hercules Victor is a rare jewel of ancient Rome, built in the 2nd century BCE. It’s the oldest marble temple still standing in the city. Circular, with 20 slender Corinthian columns, it looks more Greek than Roman — and that’s no accident: it was likely built by a Greek architect. Legend says this is where Hercules defeated the fire-breathing giant Cacus, who had stolen his cattle. To honor the hero, merchants and traders — under Hercules’ divine protection — had this temple built in the Forum Boarium, Rome’s bustling cattle and trade market. Today, it stands almost untouched by time, a quiet survivor surrounded by traffic, still whispering stories of myth, marble, and merchants. ____________________ Il Tempio di Ercole Vincitore è una gemma rara dell’antica Roma, costruito nel II secolo a.C. È il più antico tempio in marmo ancora in piedi nella città. La sua forma circolare e le 20 eleganti colonne corinzie lo fanno sembrare greco — e forse lo è: si pensa sia stato progettato da un architetto greco. La leggenda vuole che qui Ercole sconfisse il gigante Caco, che gli aveva rubato i buoi. In suo onore, i mercanti del Foro Boario, antico mercato del bestiame, gli dedicarono questo tempio. Ercole era il protettore dei commercianti, simbolo di forza e giustizia. Oggi il tempio resiste al tempo, circondato dal caos urbano, ma ancora capace di raccontare miti, pietre e storie di un mondo antico. ______________________ معبد هرکول پیروز یکی از نادرترین گنجینه‌های رم باستان است که در قرن دوم پیش از میلاد ساخته شد. این معبد قدیمی‌ترین معبد مرمری رم است که هنوز پابرجاست. شکلی دایره‌ای دارد و با ۲۰ ستون باریک کورنتی، بیشتر شبیه معابد یونانی است تا رومی — و احتمالاً هم توسط یک معمار یونانی طراحی شده. افسانه می‌گوید در همین‌جا بود که هرکول هیولای آتش‌نفس کاکوس را شکست داد؛ کاکوسی که گاوهایش را دزدیده بود. بازرگانان بازار دام (فوروم بواریوم)، که هرکول را محافظ خود می‌دانستند، این معبد را به افتخار او ساختند. امروزه، در میان خیابان‌های شلوغ رم، این معبد هنوز ایستاده است — آرام، استوار، و پر از افسانه.
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In Piazza Bocca della Verità, adjacent to the Temple of Portunus, is this small and enchanting circular temple, the oldest preserved marble building in Roma.Wrongly called Temple of Vesta, it was dedicated to Hercules Victor, protector of traders who carried out their activities in the nearby Foro Boario. The area, located between the Tiber, the Capitol, the Palatine and the Aventine Hill, was intended for the livestock market.Also known as Ercole Invitto or Ercole Oleario, the temple was probably built by the architect Hermodoros of Salamis towards the end of the 2nd century BC. on behalf of Marcus Octavius Herennius, a wealthy olive oil dealer. Inside was a magnificent bronze cult statue, perhaps made by Skopas Minore, a Greek sculptor of the end of the 2nd century BC. Found under the pontificate of Sixtus IV, it is now kept in the Capitoline Museums.The building, built in Hellenic marble, has twenty Corinthian columns, standing on a stepped base of tuff blocks. Some of the columns are in Lunense marble, attributable to the restoration carried out under Tiberius probably after the flood of 15 AD.n the 12th century, the temple was transformed into the church of Santo Stefano delle Carrozze. From the mid-16th century, it was dedicated to Santa Maria del Sole, following the discovery in the Tiber of an image of the Virgin considered miraculous. The interior of the building still retains a valuable fresco depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints from the end of the 15th century.In 1809, when Rome was the second city of the Napoleonic Empire, the architect Giuseppe Valadier restored the temple on commission by the French government, trying to bring the structure to its original splendour.
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