BeppoSAX observation of Hercules A and MRC 0625 - 536

We present BeppoSAX observations of the two FR I type radio galaxies Hercules A (3C 348) and MRC 0625-536 in the energy range 0.2 − 200 keV. Data analysis shows that the X-ray flux from Hercules A is consistent with a diffuse thermal plasma emitting at T ≈ 4 − 5 keV with a possible, but somewhat uncertain, contribution of a softer component at T ≈ 3 keV. The non thermal emission from the active nucleus must be significantly smaller than the thermal one, and no indication of relevant core ob-scuration by a surrounding torus was detected. The flux from MRC 0625-536 originates form an extended region and has been fitted to a thermal law with T ≈ 5.7 keV and with a column density consistent with the galactic absorption. A spatially resolved spectral analysis does not show a relevant variation of the temperature and the metallicity across the diffuse emission zone. A non thermal spectral component, related to the nuclear activity, may be present in the innermost region with some possible amount of local obscuration, contributing < ∼ 10% to the total luminosity. Hard X-ray emission from MRC 0625-536 has been detected in the PDS (15-200 keV) that may be related either to its galactic core or to the intracluster region.