An impressive complex of buildings which almost looks as if it is one with the surrounding rock...
The temple of Hercules Victor is a monumental construction placed 328,08 yards out of the town walls and elevated partly over the ancient Tiburtina road. It was built between the second half of the II century B.C. up to the Augustan age and for its architectural grandiosity could be compared to the other grand contemporary temples at that time...
The Sanctuary of Hercules
The
cult of Hercules originated in Tivoli, then it
was introduced by Marco Ottavio Erennio in Rome
during the last republican age. He was a tiburtine
merchant of oil, who after introducing the cult
in the eternal city, constructed the round temple
"Forum Boario" devoted to him.
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