Jupiter was king of the gods in the ancient Roman religion. Numerous temples were dedicated to him in Rome and throughout the Roman Empire. Notable examples include:
- In Rome:
- Temple of Jupiter Custos (Jupiter the Guardian), uncertain site
- Temple of Jupiter Feretrius (Jupiter of the Spoils), uncertain site; the first temple built in Rome
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter Best and Greatest), on the Capitoline Hill so also known as the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; the most important temple in Rome
- Temple of Jupiter Stator (8th century BC) (Jupiter the Unmoving), in the Roman Forum; destroyed in the Great Fire of Rome
- Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC), in the Campus Martius
- Temple of Jupiter Victor, ruins on the Palatine Hill which until 1956 were thought to be a temple to Jupiter, but are now identified as the Temple of Apollo Palatinus
- Elsewhere:
- Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek), in Heliopolis Syriaca, modern Lebanon; the largest temple dedicated to Jupiter
- Temple of Jupiter, Damascus, modern Syria
- Temple of Jupiter Olympius, Athens; dedicated to Zeus, the Greek equivalent of Jupiter
- Temple of Jupiter (Pompeii), buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
- Temple of Jupiter (Silifke), modern Turkey
- Temple of Jupiter, Split, modern Croatia
- Temple of Jupiter Anxur, in Terracina
- Jupiter Temple, a summit in the Grand Canyon, USA
- Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, atop the ruins of the Jerusalem Temple, built probably after the Bar Kokhba Revolt of 132–135 CE
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