The Temple of Jupiter also know as the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus was the main religious centre of Pompeii. Sitting on top of the Capitoline Hill, the temple was dedicated to the god of light and sky Jupiter, his wife and sister Juno, and his daughter Minerva. Used for praising gods, it was seen as the heart of the Roman culture. This temple, begun to be built by Tarquinius Priscus and finished by his son Tarquinius Superbus, was built to praise god's. During the hundreds of years that the temple was in use it burned down three times. This temple was used for all major political and religious acts during the Republic; it was used as the sacred symbol of the new republic. It held lots of religious relics such as the prophetic Sibylline