Villa Adriana turns out to be the greatest villa never belonged to a roman emperor, testimony of the extraordinary level of ability caught up from the roman architecture. With a perimeter of 3 Km occupied an area at Villa Adriana is the biggest villa belonged to a roman emperor; it is the token of the great level of skill reached by roman architecture...
Hadrian and his villa
Publio Elio Adriano was born in 76 d.C. near Seville, in Spain, in a family that originally came from Hadria, in the Piceno; remained fatherless, he was adopted by his uncle Traiano, emperor of the senatorial dynasty, also said Antonini's dynasty.
The Villa
The buildings
Information
- Opening hours and tickets are available on the Villa's official website
- Some paths are rough and may be difficult to navigate
