Tivoli Attractions

Going east from the cathedral in Tivoli along Via San Valerio to the Piazza Rivarola and turning left along the Via della Sibilla, we come to the Temple of Vesta (Tempio di Vesta), a circular structure with Corinthian columns (second century B.C.) which stands on a crag in the grounds of a hotel. Close by is the so-called Temple of Sibyl (Tempio di Sibilla) and also the exit from the park of the Villa Gregoriana.

From the entrance to the Villa Gregoriana the Via Quintilio Varo runs around the outside of the park and then along the right bank of the Aniene, past an arch in honor of the Virgin erected in 1955, to the Via delle Cascatelle, which affords beautiful views of the waterfalls and the town, particularly from the Belvedere lookout terrace and the church of Sant'Antonio.

In the north of Tivoli stands the cathedral of San Lorenzo, originally Romanesque but rebuilt in 1635. In the side chapels are the remarkable group "Descent from the Cross" (13th century) and a triptych depicting the Savior between the Virgin and St John (12th century).

The Fountain of the Naiads in the Piazza della Repubblica - also known as the Piazza dell'Esedre since it is laid out on the site of the exedra of the Baths - was erected between 1885 and 1914. It consists of four groups of female figures playing with marine animals, with a figure of "Man Victorious over the Hostile Forces of Nature" in the middle.