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Location of the temple. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus (Latin: Aedes Iovis Optimi Maximi Capitolini; Italian: Tempio di Giove Ottimo Massimo; lit. ' Temple of Jupiter, the Best and Greatest '), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill.
The Palazzo dei Conservatori (English: Palace of the Conservatories) was built in 1453, when Pope Nicholas V had Italian sculptor and architect Bernardo Rossellino build the palazzo on top of a sixth-century Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, to create the headquarters for the local magistrates, named Conservatore of Rome.
Cultic activity had long taken place at the site; the temple presumably replaced an earlier one, possibly using the same foundation. [a] It was the biggest temple dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maxiums Heliopolitanus in all the Roman Empire. The columns were 19.9 meters high with a diameter of nearly 2.5 meters: the biggest in the classical world.
The Tabularium, behind the corner columns of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus. There are several important temples built on Capitoline hill: the temple of Juno Moneta, the temple of Virtus, and the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus is the most important of the temples.
The temple was believed to have been built under the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last King of Rome prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic. Although the temple was shared by Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, each deity had a separate cella, with Juno Regina on the left, Minerva on the right, and Jupiter Optimus Maximus in the middle.
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter Best and Greatest), on the Capitoline Hill so also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; the most important temple in Rome Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC) (Jupiter the Unmoving), in the Roman Forum ; destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome
The first capitolium was on the Capitoline Hill in Rome and was considered the centre of the city, where it meant the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus and afterwards the Latin word was used for the whole hill. [1] The earliest known example outside of Italy was at Emporion (now Empúries, Spain). [2] Examples of capitolia are: Capitolium Vetus ...
Relief of Marcus Aurelius sacrificing at the 4th temple (left) The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill was the oldest large temple in Rome, a capitolium dedicated to the Capitoline Triad consisting of Jupiter and his companion deities, Juno and Minerva, and had a cathedral-like position in the official religion of Rome. It ...