El Ithempeli leMedical Minerva Itholakala nge-Via Giolitti, endaweni yase-Esquilino. Yisakhiwo esine-dome ebabazekayo ebonakala kalula ezitimeleni ezingena neziphumayo esiteshini i-Termini. Kungenzeka ukuthi yaqala ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesi-XNUMX futhi njengamanje itholakala eduze kwezitimela zikazwelonke kanye nezakhiwo ezahlukahlukene ezakhiwe ngekhulu le-XNUMX e-Esquiline.
Ngokumangazayo, yize ibizwa ngethempeli, akunjalo, kepha isikhathi eside bekukholelwa ukuthi yilona futhi selivele lahlala nalelo gama. Empeleni liyigumbi elikhulu elisendlini enkulu yezwe likanokusho elalisemaphethelweni eRoma. Kuze kube maphakathi nekhulu le-XNUMX, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi kwakuyindawo kaCayo noLucio Cesari, amadodana okutholwa ka-Augusto.
Kwakuneminyaka eyikhulu kamuva, ngosuku lweshumi nesikhombisa, ngenkathi ewela ekudidekeni kokuyiphambanisa nethempeli. Isizathu kwaba ukuthola kuso ngesikhathi kumbiwa isithombe sikankulunkulukazi uMinerva sinenyoka ezinyaweni zakhe, okwamanje esigcinwe IVictoria Museum. Kanye nalesi sithombe, kwatholakala ezinye izingcezu ezincane, yingakho kwakucatshangwa ukuthi lesi sakhiwo bekuyithempeli lasendulo elinikezelwe eMinerva.
Ithempeli linecebo eliphakathi nendawo elihlukanisiwe futhi, ngokunokwenzeka, bekuyi-nymphaeum, yize kungenzeka nokuthi bekuyisakhiwo esinomlingiswa oshisayo. Okwaziwa ngokuqiniseka ukuthi bekuyingxenye yezakhiwo eziyinkimbinkimbi, mhlawumbe impahla yombuso, lapho kwenziwa khona izethulo ezahlukahlukene. Kusukela ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX, futhi ngenxa yokugcwala okuphelele kwendawo yase-Esquiline, yahlala isesimweni sokushiywa ngokuphelele.
Namuhla, ngaphandle kokubuyiselwa okwenziwe ngo-1942 nango-1967, empeleni kusesimweni esibi kakhulu.