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Later, Pope Celestine V selected these temple's ruins as the site for an abbey and hermitage.
Initially discovered in the 1950s, it was believed to be the villa of Sulmo's most famous native, the Roman poet Ovid. However, inscriptions and votive material revealed the site to be a vast religious complex. Originally constructed by the Peligni people, the site was built on a complex multi-leveled terracing system, similar to the more famous temples of Fortuna and Hercules in Palestrina.
