Hadrian's Villa
The vast country retreat the emperor Hadrian built around AD 120 near Tivoli, about 20 km from Rome. Its ruins spread over a whole hillside of pools, baths, libraries and colonnades, including the long Canopus pool lined with statues, and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Where
- Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 41.9419, 12.7753
Get the Hadrian's Villa stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hadrian's Villa. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lazio volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hadrian's Villa
Villa d'Este 2.9 km
A 16th-century villa in Tivoli whose terraced hillside garden became a model for gardens across Europe. Hundreds of fountains, jets and water stairs are driven by gravity alone, and it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
Appian Way 23 km
One of the earliest and most important Roman roads, begun in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus and later running all the way to Brindisi. The stretch leaving Rome still has its original paving stones, lined with tombs, pines and the entrances to catacombs.
Archbasilica of St John Lateran 23 km
The cathedral of Rome and the seat of the pope as its bishop, which ranks it above every other Catholic church, St Peter's included. It is the only church in the world called an archbasilica, and its huge facade is crowned by statues of Christ and the saints.
Museo Nazionale Romano 23 km
Rome's national museum of antiquity, spread over several buildings, with its main branches near Termini station in Palazzo Massimo and the Baths of Diocletian. Its collections cover the city from prehistory through the Roman period, from frescoed villa rooms to bronze and marble statues.
Santa Maria Maggiore 23 km
The largest church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary, one of the four major papal basilicas and the Seven Pilgrim Churches. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snow, after a legend of snow falling here in August, and its nave keeps mosaics from the 5th century.
Galleria Borghese 24 km
The private art collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, still shown in the villa he had built to house it. Its rooms hold Bernini's marble sculptures, including Apollo and Daphne, alongside paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael and Titian.
Colosseum 24 km
The largest amphitheatre the Romans ever built, begun under Vespasian in AD 72 and finished by his son Titus in AD 80. Its proper name, the Flavian Amphitheatre, comes from the family of emperors who paid for it, and its broken outer ring still stands over the eastern end of the Forum.
Villa Borghese Gardens 24 km
A landscaped park on the edge of the old city, laid out around the party villa of Cardinal Scipione Borghese and remade in the late 19th century. Shaded avenues lead to museums, a small lake with a temple and the Pincio terrace, which looks out over Piazza del Popolo.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lazio
Questions
Where is Hadrian's Villa?
Hadrian's Villa is in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Villa d'Este (2.9 km), Appian Way (23 km), Archbasilica of St John Lateran (23 km).
How do I get the Hadrian's Villa stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hadrian's Villa and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lazio volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hadrian's Villa before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lazio volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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