Temple of Asclepius
by Joseph Yarbrough
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Temple of Asclepius
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Joseph Yarbrough
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Photograph - Photographs
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The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in Rome, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792[1] by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci, with help from Cristoforo Unterperger.[2] The temple was perhaps built in memory of the destroyed ancient temple to the god of Medicine on the Tiber Island.[3] The temple houses a statue of Aesculapius, believed to be originally from the Mausoleum of Augustus. Neglected over the centuries, it was restored by Vincenzo Pacetti and sold to Marcantonio Borghese IV in 1785.[4] (Wikipedia, 2019)
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