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Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. Canopus (oval pool) and Serapeum (cave-temple in the distance)

ViewGeneral view of colonnade from N
SiteTivoli
LocationItaly
Dateca. 118-128 BC
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodRoman Imperial Period
Saskia No.Jia-0425
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 10, plate 51
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 9, plate 56
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 7, plate 9
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 6, plate 56
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 212