Tempio di Vesta ★
The round temple on the edge of the gorge, painted by every Grand Tour traveller.
Tivoli: 5 places to start with
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Gardens Villa d'Este Six hundred metres of tunnel under Tivoli, and the fountains still run without a single pump. -
Archaeology Hadrian's Villa Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site. -
Churches Tempio di Vesta The round temple on the edge of the gorge, painted by every Grand Tour traveller. -
Nature Villa Gregoriana The park in the Aniene gorge, born of a tunnel dug to stop the floods. - Churches Duomo di Tivoli Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Tivoli: Roman apse, Romanesque bell tower and the wooden Deposition group.
19 places covered in Tivoli Grouped by type, most important first.
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Churches and places of worship
6Duomo di Tivoli ★
Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Tivoli: Roman apse, Romanesque bell tower and the wooden Deposition group.
Chiesa di San Pietro alla Carità
Ancient Romanesque church in Tivoli on a Roman villa: brick façade, bell tower and Cosmatesque floor.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Medieval church in Tivoli beside Villa d'Este: Cosmatesque floor, Gothic portals and the tomb of Ippolito d'Este.
Chiesa di San Silvestro Papa
Romanesque church in Tivoli with an apse fully frescoed in the 1200s: Traditio legis and stories of Constantine.
Tempio di Antinoo
The shrine of Antinous in Hadrian's Villa, found in 2003: two facing temples and the base of an obelisk.
Archaeology
4Hadrian's Villa ★
Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site.
Tempio della Tosse
Roman rotunda on the via Tiburtina in Tivoli, later a church: a dome with an oculus like the Pantheon's.
Piazza d'Oro
Complex in Hadrian's Villa with a peristyle garden and an octagonal building of concave and convex walls.
Teatro marittimo
Hadrian's private retreat at Hadrian's Villa: an island ringed by a canal, reachable only by a movable bridge.
Nature and viewpoints
3Villa Gregoriana ★
The park in the Aniene gorge, born of a tunnel dug to stop the floods.
Riserva naturale di Monte Catillo
Nature reserve above Tivoli: cork oak and Turkey oak woods, Balkan plant species and Apennine wildlife.
Grotta Polesini
Cave by the Aniene near Tivoli, lived in at the end of the Palaeolithic: bones, human remains, animal engravings.
Museums, theatres and collections
2Santuario di Ercole Vincitore
Huge Roman sanctuary of Hercules in Tivoli: theatre, covered road and massive substructures above the Aniene.
Anfiteatro romano di Bleso
Roman amphitheatre in Tivoli found in 1948 beside the Rocca Pia: an oval arena for two thousand spectators.
Squares, fountains and monuments
2Ponte Gregoriano
Bridge over the Aniene in Tivoli built for Pope Gregory XVI, opened in 1835 and rebuilt after the war.
Fontana dell'Ovato
Villa d'Este fountain in Tivoli, 1567: rocky Tiburtine hills, the Sibyl and a cascade you can walk under.
Parks and gardens
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Villa d'Este ★
Six hundred metres of tunnel under Tivoli, and the fountains still run without a single pump.
Castles, palaces and villas
1Rocca Pia
Fortress built by Pope Pius II in Tivoli in 1461: four round towers, Guelph battlements and a former prison.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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