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The Roman Forum. The Temple of Castor and Pollux (495 BC).
The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC). Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda.
The last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and his allies, the Latins, waged war on the infant Roman Republic. Before the battle, the Roman dictator Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis vowed to build a temple to the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) if the Republic were victorious.
According to legend, Castor and Pollux appeared on the battlefield as two able horsemen in aid of the Republic; and after the battle had been won they again appeared on the Forum in Rome watering their horses at the Spring of Juturna thereby announcing the victory. The temple stands on the supposed spot of their appearance.
The archaic temple was completely reconstructed and enlarged in 117 BC.
If still in use by the 4th century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The temple was possibly already falling apart in the 4th century, when a wall in front of the Lacus Juturnae was erected from reused material. Nothing is known of its subsequent history, except that in the 15th century, only three columns of its original structure were still standing.
In the 18th century English architect Dance had "a Model cast from the finest Example of the Corinthian order perhaps in the whole World", as he reported to his father.
Today the podium survives without the facing, as do the three columns and a piece of the entablature, one of the most famous features in the Forum.
The octastyle temple was peripteral, with eight Corinthian columns at the short sides and eleven on the long sides.
Left: Santa Maria Antiqua, 5th century, Byzantine style.
Rome. 2007
981019-A-6207H-519. SS Pollux off-loads vehicles and equipment for Exercise Foal Eagle '98 while anchored in the harbor of Pusan, Republic of Korea, on Oct. 19, 1998. Attached to the starboard side of the Pollux is a temporary roll-on, roll-off discharge facility which provides a causeway for vehicles to move from the Pollux to lighter craft for transportation to the shore. Foal Eagle '98 is a combined, joint exercise supported by forces from the U.S. and Republic of Korea. In addition to providing hands-on field experience for forces of both nations, Foal Eagle '98 was designed to test rear area protection operations and major command, control and communications systems. Pollux is one of eight Fast Sealift Ships belonging to the Military Sealift Command that have special features allowing them to load and off-load cargo in places lacking normal port facilities. DoD photo by Spc. Christina Ann Horne, U.S. Army.
"Pollux" (as well as it's twin design "Castor" was made from a gorgeous and oh so beautiful knit fabric with silver threaded pattern. My favorite piece from the new collection and Gigi's too -I had to make an extra for her own closet ; ).
It looks very lovely on the little ladies as well, such as Barbie and Poppy.
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My latest collection will be the last collection for year 2018. It’s not as big as my other collections when it comes to the numbers of pieces, but it’s BIG in shimmer and glitter and sparkle *lol*.
Perfect for the festive season to come, my collection “The Stars” brings you gorgeous fabrics and lovely designs.
May you all have a wonderful Christmas time and enjoy the magical moments it offers : )!
He usually slips away as soon as he hears that camera. Unless he just got a meal ;) I fiiinally found the trick to get him to STAY!
In one version of the legend, after Castor was killed by Lynceus, Pollux, in accordance with the classical tradition that one of every set of twins is the son of a god and thus immortal, begged Zeus to allow his brother to share his immortality with him.
A view along the Breithorn ridge to Castor and Pollux and then to Liskaam
(requires Google Earth)
The Roman Forum. The Temple of Castor and Pollux (495 BC).
The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC). Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda.
The last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and his allies, the Latins, waged war on the infant Roman Republic. Before the battle, the Roman dictator Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis vowed to build a temple to the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) if the Republic were victorious.
According to legend, Castor and Pollux appeared on the battlefield as two able horsemen in aid of the Republic; and after the battle had been won they again appeared on the Forum in Rome watering their horses at the Spring of Juturna thereby announcing the victory. The temple stands on the supposed spot of their appearance.
The archaic temple was completely reconstructed and enlarged in 117 BC.
If still in use by the 4th century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The temple was possibly already falling apart in the 4th century, when a wall in front of the Lacus Juturnae was erected from reused material. Nothing is known of its subsequent history, except that in the 15th century, only three columns of its original structure were still standing.
In the 18th century English architect Dance had "a Model cast from the finest Example of the Corinthian order perhaps in the whole World", as he reported to his father.
Today the podium survives without the facing, as do the three columns and a piece of the entablature, one of the most famous features in the Forum.
The octastyle temple was peripteral, with eight Corinthian columns at the short sides and eleven on the long sides.
Left: Santa Maria Antiqua, 5th century, Byzantine style.
Rome. 2007
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Entering No 4 Dry Dock
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Goole, U.K.
In the myth the twins shared the same mother but had different fathers which meant that Pollux was immortal and Castor was mortal. When Castor died, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together and they were transformed into the Gemini constellation.
They are known collectively in Greek as the Dioskouroi or Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι), "sons of Zeus", and in Latin as the Gemini ("twins") or Castores.
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Der Quirinal ist der höchste der sieben klassischen Hügel Roms. Im 16. Jh. errichte Gregor XIII. hier die Sommerresidenz der Päpste, in der ab 1870 die italienischen Könige residierten. Seit 1947 ist der Palazzo del Quirinale Sitz des Präsidenten der Republik Italien.
In der Mitte der Piazza stehen auf Sockeln die Kolossalstatuen der Rossebändiger Castor und Pollux (Dioskuren), die aus den Konstantinsthermen stammen. Der Obelisk stand einst am Mausoleum des Augustus.
Täglich um 15 Uhr ist die Wachablösung besonders für Touristen ein Anziehungspunkt.
The two statues of Castor (left) and Pollux with their horses are from the
Temple of Castor and Pollux next to Circus Flaminius near Campus Martius.
Created during the period of Septimius Severus (c. 200 AD), they were found
in many pieces in the early 1500s near the Church of San Tommaso. The
pieces of these statues had been turning up over many years, and it
was decided to restore them to place them on the Campidoglio.
A team of sculptors worked on their restoration, completed
in 1584 with the reconstruction of Castor’s missing head.
In Michelangelo’s original design, the Cordonata was supposed to
be flanked by the statues of the Dioscuri located in Piazza Quirinale,
but the Pope had begun construction of their palace on the Quirinal Hill
by the time the balustrade was built and did not want to lose the statues.
Pollux (sometimes called Polydeuces) and his mortal twin Castor are known in Roman and Greek mythology as the Dioscuri. Castor and Pollux flank the long, beautiful staircase to the Piazza del Campidoglio known as the Cordonata, originally designed by Michelangelo in 1546 CE.
Photographed at the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy.
Pollux (sometimes called Polydeuces) and his mortal twin Castor are known in Roman and Greek mythology as the Dioscuri. Castor and Pollux flank the long, beautiful staircase to the Piazza del Campidoglio known as the Cordonata, originally designed by Michelangelo in 1546 CE.
Photographed at the Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy.
Marble statuettes of Castor and Pollux
Roman, first half of the 3rd century AD. Anonymous loan (L.2008.18.1, .2)
The Dioskouroi, legendary twins born to the Spartan queen Leda, one fathered by Zeus, the other by her husband, King Tyndareus, were popular throughout antiquity as gods helpful to men, particularly at times of crisis. In Greek, they were known as the Dioskouroi, Castor and Polydeuces, in Latin as the Castores, Castor and Pollux. One of the first monumental structures in the Roman Forum was a temple dedicated to the twins in the early fifth century BC after they brought victory to the dictator A. Postumius at the battle of Lake Regillus in 484 BC. The temple was rebuilt several times, and the cult remained important through the imperial period. These decorative statuettes show the brothers with their traditional attributes, as horsemen, wearing felt caps and short cloaks and holding a sheathed sword or dagger.
Zeus arranged for the twins to divide their time evenly between Hades and Heaven, and in their honor he created the constellation Gemini.
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Turin passt so gar nicht zu der Vorstellung, die man üblicherweise von einer Autostadt hat. Zwar befindet sich dort der Stammsitz von Fiat, aber die Stadt ist bis heute ein einzigartiges Beispiel absolutistisch geprägter Stadtarchitektur. Anstelle des mittelalterlichen Stadtgefüges wurde durch die Savoyer ab dem 17. Jh. in einer beispiellosen Bautätigkeit eine am Reißbrett geplante Barockstadt als Gesamtkunstwerk aus dem Boden gestampft mit einem rechtwinkligem Straßenraster, ausgehend von dem Schloss der Savoyer an der Piazza Castello. In diesem eleganten Ensemble kann man selbst bei schlechtem Wetter unter 18 km Arkadengängen angenehm flanieren, zumal viele Straßen im Zentrum und vor allem die schönen Plätze seit einigen Jahren autofrei oder zumindest verkehrsberuhigt sind.
Das Zentrum der Stadt ist die 40.000 m² große autofreie Piazza Castello, die weitgehend von Arkaden gesäumt ist. Hier und in der nächsten Umgebung befinden sich einige der wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt und, ganz wichtig in Turin, einige der berühmten historischen Cafés.
Auf Veranlassung von Cristina di Francia (Madama Reale genannt), der Witwe von Vittorio Amedeo I., wurde ab 1646 der Palazzo Reale erbaut. Die Fassade schuf Amedeo di Catellamonte und die Gärten hinter dem Palast entwarf André le Notre, der auch die Parks von Versailles konzipierte.
Ein gußeiserne Gittertor, ein Werk von Pelagio Palagi, trennt die Piazza Castello von der Piazzetta Reale, dem Ehrenhof des königlichen Palastes. Die Dioskuren Castor und Pollux schuf der Bildhauer Abbondio Sangiorgio.
Artista sconosciuto, 200/1584, Piazza Del Campidoglio, Campitelli, Roma, Lazio, ITA, scultura. Translation: Pollux [from The Dioscuri], unknown artist, 200/1584, Campidoglio Place, Campitelli, Rome, Lazio, Italy, sculpture.
The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient edifice in the Roman Forum, Rome, central Italy. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC). Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda. Their cult came to Rome from Greece via Magna Graecia and the Greek culture of Southern Italy.
The last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and his allies, the Latins, waged war on the infant Roman Republic. Before the battle, the Roman dictator Aulus Postumius Albus vowed to build a temple to the Dioscuri if Rome were victorious.
According to legend Castor and Pollux appeared on the battlefield as two able horsemen in aid of the Romans. And, after the battle had been won they again appeared on the Forum in Rome watering their horses at the Spring of Juturna thereby announcing the victory. The temple stands on the supposed spot of their appearance. Postumius’s son finished the temple in 484 BC.
In Republican times the temple served as a meeting place for the Roman Senate, and from the middle of the 2nd century BC the front of the podium served as a speaker's platform. During the imperial period the temple housed the office for weights and measures, and was a depository for the State treasury.
The archaic temple was completely reconstructed and enlarged in 117 BC by Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus after his victory over the Dalmatians. Gaius Verres again restored this second temple in 73 BC.
In 14 BC a fire that ravaged major parts of the forum destroyed the temple, and Tiberius, the son of Augustus by a previous marriage of Livia and the eventual heir to the throne, rebuilt it. Tiberius' temple was dedicated in 6 AD. The remains visible today are from the temple of Tiberius, except the podium, which is from the time of Metellus.
According to Edward Gibbon, the temple of Castor served as a secret meeting place for the Roman Senate. He said the senate was roused to rebellion against Emperor Maximinus Thrax and in favor of future emperor Gordian I at the Temple of Castor in 237 AD.
The temple was still standing intact in the 4th century, but nothing is known of its subsequent history, except that in the 15th century, only three columns of its original structure were still standing. The street running by the building was called via Trium Columnarum.
In 1760, the Conservatori, finding the columns in a state of imminent collapse, erected scaffolding for effecting repairs. Both Piranesi and the young English architect George Dance the Younger were able to climb up and make accurate measurements; Dance had "a Model cast from the finest Example of the Corinthian order perhaps in the whole World", as he reported to his father.
Today the podium survives without the facing, as do the three columns and a piece of the entablature, one of the most famous features in the Forum.
The octostyle temple was peripteral, with eight Corinthian columns at the short sides and eleven on the long sides. There was a single cella paved with mosaics. The podium measures 32×49.5m and 7m in height. The building was constructed in opus caementicium and originally covered with slabs of tuff which were later removed. According to ancient sources the temple had a single central stairway to access the podium, but excavations have identified two side stairs.
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