The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus stood on Rome's Capitoline Hill, and the article names no architect. Tradition says Tarquinius Priscus vowed it and Tarquinius Superbus finished it. Livy dates the dedication to 509 BC, while Dionysius gives 507 BC. It was an Etruscan-style building of wood with terracotta decoration, set on cappellaccio tufa foundations.
Fire destroyed it in 83 BC, and Quintus Lutatius Catulus dedicated the rebuilt temple in 69 BC. It burned again in 69 AD and 80 AD. Domitian's version, finished in 82 AD, had a Corinthian order and gilded bronze roof tiles. Its footprint is disputed, and the article cites five published plans.
Only parts of the podium and foundations survive, behind the Palazzo dei Conservatori and in the Caffarelli Garden area of the Capitoline Museums. The remaining ruins were destroyed in the 16th century for the Palazzo Caffarelli. The article gives no opening hours or ticket information.
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