Hadrian's Villa

Hadrian's Villa

Hadrian’s Villa (Villa Adriana in Italian) is a large Roman archaeological complex at Tivoli, Italy.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Emperor Hadrian was the third of the “Five Good Emperors”. Though when life in the palace was too much for him, he needed a place to retreat. He therefore had a villa built in Tivoli as his retreat from Rome; though eventually he began governing the Roman empire from the villa.

Taken on October 10, 2008
Tivoli, Italy

On this day we first visited Villa d’Este:

It was a very rainy day and was rather glum by the time we got to the Villa. This photo is an edited version of this:

When we arrived we first took shelter and our prof gave us a lecture:

Then a cat that somehow got in ran through my legs:

And eventually many people (including myself :P) were looking at the cat instead of listening to the lecture lol.

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