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Tag Archives: Lazio

Villa Aldobrandini – Water Theatre and Gentle Decay

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
The Main Front

The most remarkable thing about my hotel on the outskirts of Frascati was to see the walls lined with dozens of period garden engravings. Expecting Villa d’Este to have the greatest prominence, I was surprised to find it eclipsed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, Italy | Tagged Frascati, Italy, Lazio, Rome

Villa Adriana – The Sad Ancestor of the European Garden

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Karen Blaylock
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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