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A Capitolium was an ancient Roman temple dedicated to the Capitoline Triad of gods Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. A capitolium was built on a prominent area in many cities in Italy and the Roman provinces, particularly during the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods.
During the lengthy period of ancient Rome, the Capitoline Hill was the geographical and ceremonial center. However, by the Renaissance era, the former center was an untidy conglomeration of dilapidated buildings and the site of executions of criminals.
Róma hét dombra épült, és a Capitolium ezen dombok közül a leghíresebb. A legenda szerint itt élt Jupiter, így az ókorban ez a domb a vallási élet központjaként szolgált. A Forum Romanum és Campus Martius között található és nem csak a legismertebb, hanem a legmagasabb domb is ez.
Capitolium The city’s main temple, dedicated to the Capitoline triad (Jupiter, Juno, Minerva) was built on the north side of the Forum during the Hadrianic period, in around AD 120. It stands above an earlier cult building dating to the 1 st century BC, probably dedicated to the same gods and located where the Cardo crosses the Decumanus.
From the Temples of the Origins to the Modern Era. The Capitoline hill is the most important and enchanting of the seven hills on which Rome was founded. It symbolized the epicenter of the Roman empire and housed the most important temples in the city. The 16th century project of the current square is the work of Michelangelo.
The main buildings faced the Ancient Roman Forum, from which a carriageable road known as the Clivus Capitolinus led up the hill to the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the most important and imposing temple in Rome.
Once the site of an ancient village, the Capitolium was the centre of Roman political and religious activities and was chosen for constructing numerous temples dedicated to Roman gods. Legend has it that, at the time of the foundation of Rome, the hill was conquered by the Sabines.
For almost a millennium, it towered over Rome from the Capitoline Hill. During this time, it was destroyed many times, but each time it was rebuilt. The Capitoline Temple (Aedes Capitolina) was the temple of the Capitoline Triad.
The Capitoline Hill, once called Mons Saturnius (Varro, L. L., v. 42), consists of two peaks, the Capitolium and the Arx, 12 with an intermediate valley (Asylum). The older name of the Capitolium was Mons Tarpeius (Varro, L.L. , v. 41).
The Capitoline Hill contains few ancient ground-level ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance palaces that surround a piazza, a significant urban plan designed...