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Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Site number: | 907 |
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Type of site: | Cultural | |
Date: | 2nd cent.AD | |
Date of Inscription: | 1999 | |
Location: | Europe, Italy, Province of Rome, Region of Latium |
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Description: | The Villa Adriana, found at Tivoli, near Rome, is an outstanding complex of classical buildings built by the Roman emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century A.D. The site unites the finest constituents of Egyptian, Greek and Roman architectural heritage shaping an 'ideal city'. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. | |
The Villa of the Emperor Hadrian (or Villa Adriana in Italian) at Tivoli, Italy, even in ruined condition is one of the most spectacular Roman gardens of which it is possible still to get a sense by visiting the site. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. | ||
Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/907 | |
Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |