In the shadow of ancient Rome, a writhing bronze Triton fountain commands the foreground while the perfectly preserved circular Temple of Hercules Victor — long misidentified by Romans as the "Tempio di Vesta" — rises in the middle distance, its ring of fluted marble columns still intact after two millennia, as captured in this atmospheric early Italian postcard. Taken at the Piazza della Bocca della Verità along the ancient Forum Boarium, the image pairs two of Rome's most photogenic monuments: the dramatic late-19th-century Fontana dei Tritoni in the immediate foreground and the circular Greek-influenced temple behind. The back, printed "CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA / (CARTE POSTALE)," carries a handwritten note in the left margin — "Temple of the Sibyl, dedicated to Vesta" — reflecting the popular 19th-century misidentification still current at time of issue. The penciled "240" in the upper right is a dealer's price notation.