Villa Adriana Tivoli *Sirio Hotel Rome*

The Tivoli Villa Adriana and Villa D'Este near Sirio Hotel : do you know that?...

Villa Adriana Tivoli - Italy Rome
At also a few km from our Tivoli hotel, Villa Adriana (Hadriana) was built in the year 117 a.D. by the emperor Adriano, it is the most extensive ancient roman villa, covering an area of at least 80 hectares, more or less as Pompeii. In 1999 the Tivoli Villa Adriana was appointed one of the Human Heritage Monuments by Unesco; as many other archaeological sites it is very famous, but still very little known in its essence, Villa Adriana shows precious statues, sculptures and temples and can be visited daily.

Villa Adriana is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The villa was Hadrian's preferred residence when he was in Rome. His choice of an imperial palace outside Rome, instead one of the several palaces in Rome, was probably influenced by the miserable relations he had with the senate and the local Roman aristocracy.

Adriano was born in Spain, just like his predecessor Trajan, and the senate and the local aristocracy had trouble coming to terms with another provincial on the imperial throne.

The way Adriano had assumed power only reinforced their opposition to him. Trajan's adoption of Hadrian on his deathbed was immediately cast in doubt, and when four military leaders, all Roman aristocrats who had been close to Trajan and hence possible contenders for the throne, were assassinated immediately after Trajan's death, the senate immediately suspected Adriano of having ordered the killings.

Adriano only arrived in Tivoli (Rome) eleven months after Trajan's death, and denied any wrongdoing, but his relationship with the senate never recovered from the crisis. As a consequence Hadrian stayed very little in Rome. He travelled extensively throughout most of the empire in two prolonged periods, in 121-125 CE and in 128-134 CE, and when in Italy he preferred to stay away from Rome. A grandiose imperial palace outside Rome, but not too far away, was the perfect answer.

The ruins of the residential area.
The Villa Adriana in Tivoli became the imperial residence. The villa was located just outside ancient Tibur, modern Tivoli, some 28 km E. of Rome. It stood on a hillside, surrounded by two minor tributaries to the Aniene, which flows into the Tiber just N. of Rome. Tivoli, and hence the villa, was easily reached from Rome by land via the Via Tiburtina and by boat on the Aniene, which was navigable at the time.

Other reasons for choosing that particular location for the villa were more practical. Tivoli was (and still is) famous for the travertine quarries, but there were also ample supplies of tufa and of pozzolana and lime for the production of cement. The water resources at the site were very abundant. The hill on which the villa stood was surrounded by two small streams, and the hills behind Tivoli provided water for four of the aqueducts that supplied Rome. Especially the baths of the Villa of Adriano required vast amounts of water.

Our company, Tivoli Sirio Hotel in Rome, offers food and beverage service in Villa Adriana Tivoli too.

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