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Villa Gregoriana. Villa Gregoriana is a park in Tivoli, Italy, located at the foot of the city's ancient acropolis.It consists mainly of thick woodland with paths that lead to the small circular Roman Temple of Vesta, the caves of Neptune and the Sirens, which form part of a series of gorges and cascades, and to the Great Waterfall.
In 1527 Tivoli was sacked by bands of the supporters of the emperor and the Colonna, important archives being destroyed during the attack. In 1547 it was again occupied, by the Duke of Alba in a war against Paul IV, and in 1744 by the Austrians. In 1835 Pope Gregory XVI added the Villa Gregoriana, a villa complex pivoting around the Aniene's ...
The Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer, who lives in Coral Springs, was born in Jupiter. Kid Rock. The rap-rocker turned Southern rocker who arguably helped devalue Bud Light by millions in 2023 ...
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli: Author: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany: Licensing. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 ...
Hadrian's Villa (Italian: Villa Adriana; Latin: Villa Hadriana) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the ruins and remains of a large villa complex built around AD 120 by Roman emperor Hadrian near Tivoli outside Rome. It is the most imposing and complex Roman villa known.
Residents living on the second, third and fourth floors of the Jacksonville complex came home on October 3rd to find a notice posted on their front doors laying out their options. It read, in part ...
When the sovereigns died, the Villa Floridiana passed on to the heirs of the Duchess’ first marriage. Later, Villa Lucia and part of the gardens were sold to Count Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, thus becoming his residence in Naples. In 1919, the Floridiana was bought by the state and was transformed into a museum.
The Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, is a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy, close to the city of Como.Both the villa and the 25-acre (100,000 m 2) park which surrounds it have undergone significant changes since their sixteenth-century origins as a summer residence for Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio, who had been born in the village.