Editing Lupercal (section)

{{Short description|Cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome}}
{{Distinguish|Lupercalia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox cave
| name = Lupercal
| photo = Altar Mars Venus Massimo.jpg
| photo_width = 270
| photo_caption = First-century Roman sculpture in relief depicting the Roman foundation myth. Romulus and Remus are shown being suckled by a she-wolf in the Lupercal (bottom left).
|coordinates={{WikidataCoord|display=it}}
|mapframe-frame-width=270
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-caption=Click on the map for a fullscreen view
|mapframe-zoom=12
|mapframe-marker=monument
|mapframe-wikidata=yes
| location = Palatine Hill in Rome
| depth = 15m
| discovery = January 2007
}}
The '''Lupercal'''  (from Latin ''[[wikt:lupa|lupa]]'' "female [[wolf]]") was a [[cave]] at the southwest foot of the [[Palatine Hill]] in [[Rome]], located somewhere between the temple of [[Temple of Cybele (Palatine)|Magna Mater]] and the [[Sant'Anastasia al Palatino]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Vuković|first1=Krešimir|title=The Topography of the Lupercalia|journal=The Papers of the British School at Rome|volume=86|pages=37–60|doi=10.1017/S0068246217000381|year=2018|doi-access=free}}</ref> In the legend of the [[founding of Rome]], [[Romulus and Remus]] were found there by the [[she-wolf (Roman mythology)|she-wolf]] who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd [[Faustulus]]. Luperci, the priests of [[Faunus]], celebrated certain ceremonies of the [[Lupercalia]] at the cave, from the earliest days of the City until at least 494 AD.