Hospital room decorated with a black and white mosaic floor, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Hospitalia was reserved for visitors and the Imperial Guard. Decorated with beautiful black and white mosaics, it has a vast rectangular central hall, flanked on both sides by two groups of 5 bedrooms.Hospital common hall with black and white mosaic floor, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Hospitalia was reserved for visitors and the Imperial Guard. Decorated with beautiful black and white mosaics, it has a vast rectangular central hall, flanked on both sides by two groups of 5 bedrooms.On the north side of the Imperial Triclinium is a magnificent hall decorated with a mosaic floor and columns, Villa Adriana, Tivoli. Italy.Imperial Palace peristyle portico with rooms with a view of Tivoli town in the background. Villa Adriana. Tivoli. Italy.Imperial Palace Nymphaeum with a semicircular water staircase, Villa Adriana, Tivoli. Italy.The canal along the main axis of the central courtyard of the Piazza d’Oro, or Golden Square, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The complex is a vast rectangular area, comprising a peristyle that is an uncovered rectangular colonnaded court with a long basin in its centre flanked by two hedges. There were a series of rooms, courts, exedra and nymphaea, and a triclinium on its sides. Scholars believe it served as a venue for banquets and important gatherings;The Hall of the Doric Pillars or Edificio con Pilastri Dorici, Villa Adriana. Tivoli. Italy. This is an open area surrounded by a vaulted portico with fluted pillars in the Doric order. Originally the rectangular portico had 8 pillars on its short side and twelve on its long side. It has a refined epistyle of the Ionic order, a Doric frieze with metopes and triglyphs in an archaic style. It is believed the structure connected the east and west parts of the villa.View of the remains of the Winter Palace, large colonnaded courtyard or Peschiera. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. A portico with 40 marble columns originally surrounded a large reflecting pool. This pool featured alternating semi-circular and rectangular niches, which would have contained statues that looters have since stolen.View of the Serapeum; a monumental triclinium at the south end of the Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Serapeum is a monumental triclinium with a shell-shaped half-dome formerly covered with mosaics above a semicircular open-air summer banqueting table. The Canopus, which is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and adorned with columns and statues.View of the Serapeum; a monumental triclinium at the south end of the Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Serapeum is a monumental triclinium with a shell-shaped half-dome formerly covered with mosaics above a semicircular open-air summer banqueting table. The Canopus, which is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and adorned with columns and statues.View of the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues. Many believe that the canal linking Alexandria in Egypt to ancient Canopus, a sanctuary of the god Serapis, inspired it. Another theory is that is actually represents the Mediterranean, as it includes elements from the region, including copies of the caryatids from the Erechtheion in Athens and two Amazons that adorned the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, sculpted by Phidias, the ancient Greek sculptor.Caryatid copies from the Athenian Erechtheion lining the Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues.View of the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues. Scholars believe a canal inspired it, which linked Alexandria in Egypt to ancient Canopus, a sanctuary of the god Serapis. Another theory is that is actually represents the Mediterranean, as it includes elements from the region, including copies of the caryatids from the Erechtheion in Athens and two Amazons that adorned the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, sculpted by Phidias, the ancient Greek sculptor.View of the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues. Observing the dramatically curved northern section of the immense and mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus, which is a reflecting pool measuring 119 meters in length, is beautifully adorned and enclosed by a colonnade and numerous statues.View of the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues.Lounging statue figure at the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues.The Cento Camerelle, or Hundred Chambers, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. Historians believe small rooms housed servants and imperial guards.The rear of the Casino of Semicircular Arcades. Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. Italy.Partial view of the Casino of Semicircular Arcades. Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. Italy.The Temple of Venus with a replica Aphrodite statue, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The temple’s design mimicked the Greek Temple in Knidos, which housed Praxiteles’ celebrated 4th-century BCE Aphrodite statue.Part view of the unique Teatro Marittimo, or maritime theatre, at Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The theatre has a circular Ionic marble columned portico that rings an artificial lagoon that encloses a small island reached only by two retractable wooden swing bridges. This island was a private retreat for Hadrian, where he could escape the cares of the empire to write poetry and paint.A journey along the Avenue of Cypresses offers a majestic and memorable experience. The ancient complex known as Villa Adriana stands as a remarkable example of Roman engineering. Tivoli. Italy.The reflecting pool or water basin in the centre of the rectangular peristyle portico Pecile. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Pecile is a monumental rectangular peristyle which was inspired by the Stoa Poikile of Athens.The reflecting pool or water basin in the centre of the rectangular peristyle portico Pecile. Villa Adriana. Tivoli, Italy. The Pecile is a monumental rectangular peristyle which was inspired by the Stoa Poikile of Athens.The north wall of the Pecile, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Pecile is a monumental rectangular peristyle which was inspired by the Stoa Poikile of Athens.View of the hill top town of Tivoli from Villa Adriana. Tivoli. Italy.View of the curved north end of the monumental, mystical Canopus. Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Canopus is a reflecting pool 119 metres long and lined and surrounded by columns and statues.View of a section of the garden, Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy. The Garden Stadium was not an actual athletic arena but an internal garden with fountains and an open-air triclinium.The magnificent dome of the Thermae con Heliocaminus, which are the oldest baths at Villa Adriana, Tivoli. Italy.The Thermae con Heliocaminus which are the oldest baths at Villa Adriana, Tivoli. Italy.Hospital room decorated with a black and white mosaic floor, Villa Adriana. Tivoli, Italy. The Hospitalia was reserved for visitors and the Imperial Guard. Decorated with beautiful black and white mosaics, it has a vast rectangular central hall, flanked on both sides by two groups of 5 bedrooms.
