“Begun by the Emperor Hadrian and inaugurated in A.D. 141 by his successor, Antoninus Pius, the temple was later restored after a fire in the fourth century. It was built on what was once the vestibule of Nero’s Domus Aurea (his magnificent “Golden Palace”) where the Colossus of Nero was originally situated (the statue was moved next to the Flavian amphitheater which then became known as the Colosseum).”

via In Rome, Temple of Venus and Rome Reopens – NYTimes.com.