Day 100. Thursday 8th July.
Villa Adriana.
Emperor Hadrian built his country villa 20k from Rome on the outskirts of Tivoli. For Villa read small town. He lived there for the last 3 years of his life with all the attendant servants and slaves.
Systematically plundered for hundreds of years its now and enormous hot dusty load of old ruins and at 15 euros a pop is a bit steep. A great traveller and art lover he designed much of it himself and when he overheard a respected architect of the day taking the piss he had him banishes and killed. Serves him right.
Villa Adriana.
Emperor Hadrian built his country villa 20k from Rome on the outskirts of Tivoli. For Villa read small town. He lived there for the last 3 years of his life with all the attendant servants and slaves.
Systematically plundered for hundreds of years its now and enormous hot dusty load of old ruins and at 15 euros a pop is a bit steep. A great traveller and art lover he designed much of it himself and when he overheard a respected architect of the day taking the piss he had him banishes and killed. Serves him right.
Hadrians private island apartments. (entry by drawbridge)
The Canopus.
Get yer coat youve pulled!.