Temple of Aesculapius (Villa Borghese)
Temple in Rome, Italy
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The Temple of Aesculapius (Italian: Tempio di Esculapio) is a neoclassical building located in Villa Borghese gardens, Rome. It 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 a destroyed ancient temple to Aesculapius (the Greek god of Medicine) on Tiber Island.[3]
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The temple houses an ancient statue of Aesculapius, thought to be originally from the Mausoleum of Augustus.[4] Neglected over the centuries, it was restored by Vincenzo Pacetti and sold to Marcantonio Borghese IV in 1785.[5]
