Villa Adriana

... five hundred meters, at which point he stopped and said we had to walk up that street". Five hundred meters later, Villa Adriana. Worth all the hassles. Despite being overrun by school children, we patiently outwaited them at most of the major ...

Last night I went to one of the girls' apartments after an excellent presentation on Villa Adriana by Jamie, the architectural engineering professor here.  We went out to dinner and I had a delicious salmon pasta with bread and red wine.  Then I ...

... alive.  It feels as if I had lived Architectural History instead of reading about it in a book.   Upon arrival to Villa of Adriana we ate lunch and chatted in a picnic setting.  We played who can get the acorn in the pringles container and ...

... site but make sure you visit the “Teatro Marittimo” a palace built in the middle of an artificial lagoon. -To get to Villa Adriana walk out of the train station, walk about a quarter of a mile to the rotary and take the orange bus either #4 ...

... that I started the transit process around 7:30am and got lost 2 times on the way by taking the wrong transfers. What is Villa Adriana? Well, first you have to know who Hadrian is: a Spanish conquistador (Seville), who fought his way to Rome and made ...

... were filled with fountains from the 1500's that were extraordinarily beautiful. We also visited the Emperor Hadrian's (AD 76-138) Villa Adriana which was amazing. This photo shows one of the pools and remains of sculptures that adorned the ancient ...

... ride to the Villa turned into an hour bus ride as the transportation workers were on strike that day. Located near Tivoli, Villa Adriana is a huge landscape of very ancient architecture built by Roman Emperor Adrian for himself in first century AD. Took ...