The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in

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, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792 by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci, with help from Cristoforo Unterperger. The temple was perhaps built in memory of the destroyed ancient temple to the god of Medicine on the

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. The temple houses a statue of Aesculapius, believed to be originally from the

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. Neglected over the centuries, it was restored by Vincenzo Pacetti and sold to Marcantonio Borghese IV in 1785.

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