Place: Tivoli, Italy
Weather: Cloudy with periods of light rain, 37/54F.
Route: From Rome 42 km east on A24 and E80.
Significance: Tivoli has two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este. Villa Adriana was built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. It was built as a retreat from nearby Rome. It was built with traditions from Greece, Rome, and Egypt - and was supposed to be an "ideal city." After Hadrian's death the Villa was abandoned and forgotten until the 1400's when it was rediscovered and provided inspiration to architects of the renaissance. One such architect Pirro Ligorio, designed the nearby Villa d'Este Ippolito II in the 1500's. This villa is the embodiment of Renaissance architecture and gardens. The hydraulic engineering necessary for the fountains is still impressive today.
Websites: Villa Adriana UNESCO, Villa d'Este UNESCO
Canopus pool with Temple of Serapis behind (from whc.unesco.org)
The main ornamental basin with fountains in the background (from whc.unesco.org)
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