Juturna source
The Juturna spring (lat. Lacus Iuturnae ) originated at the foot of the Palatine and was located in the Roman Forum in Rome . It is named after the Latin spring nymph Juturna . Their water was revered as beneficial. In 117 BC Chr. Was therefore on the Campus Martius built a basin and provided with statues. The forecast for soaked Castor and Pollux their horses at the source, as they win by the news about the Etruscans v 496th Brought to Rome. The source formed a unit with the Dioscuri Temple ( Aedes Castoris ). On January 11th, an ancient Roman festival was celebrated annually in honor of the spring nymph, which they called Juturnalien .
Marble fragments of the Dioscuri with their horses found in the basin of the Juturna spring. The sculptures were made towards the end of the 2nd century BC. And are currently exhibited in the Temple of Romulus in the Roman Forum .
A better preserved marble fragment of the second horse figure, exhibited together with other parts of the Dioscuri in the temple of Romulus.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 29.7 ″ N , 12 ° 29 ′ 9.2 ″ E