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Tag Archives: Emperor Hadrian

Villa Adriana – The Sad Ancestor of the European Garden

Posted on April 4, 2014 by admin
The Canopus - Colonnade

Italians just don’t get it. At the inappropriately named Villa Adriana (more the size of a city than a villa) the stifling bureaucracy of the Italian State manages, but not quite succeeds in strangling something that is hauntingly beautiful. Getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Italy | Tagged Emperor Hadrian, Italy, Lazio, Tivoli

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