Villa Adriana

Villa Adriana, with an area around 120 square kilometres, is one of the largest villas in Europe near Tivoli, built by the imperator Adrian.
Adrian had a good education by Hellenistic teachers since his young age, instead he was interested in oriental, classic and Greek cultures.
For these reasons he decided to built the villa in classical style with a lot of statues, columns, mosaics and a lot of other things.
The buildings materials are manly marble, terracotta bricks and there are a lot of pools.
Villa Adriana is valuated from UNESCO a human patrimony since 1999.