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- Area:
- Out of Town
- Info:
- Via di Villa
Adriana, Villa
Adriana (0774 382
733).
Open Nov-Jan 9am-5pm daily. Feb 9am-6pm daily. Mar, Oct 9am-6.30pm daily. Apr, Sept 9am-7pm daily. May-Aug 9am-7.30pm daily.
Admission €6.50; €3.25 reductions. No credit cards.
Hadrian’s Villa
Villa Adriana, the retreat of Emperor Hadrian, is strewn across a gentle slope. Built from AD 118 to 134, it has some fascinating architectural spaces and water features.
Hadrian was an amateur architect and is believed to have designed many of the unique elements in his villa himself. In the centuries after the fall of the Empire it became a luxury quarry for treasure-hunters. At least 500 pieces of statuary in collections around the world have been identified as coming from here.
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