Tivoli Villa Hadrian & Villa D’Este tour

HADRIAN VILLA
When Rome became the greatest power of the Mediterranean and conquered Greece, the romans were seduced by the luxury and beauty of greek and hellenistic art. Roman aristocracy and, later on, roman emperors, copied the hellenistic palaces, and together came the passion for Villas.

VILLA D’ESTE
Masterpiece of the italain gardens with its impressive concentration of fountains, nymphs, grottoes, plays of water, and music, it constitutes a much-copied model for European gardens in the mannerist and baroque style