Villa Adriana

UNESCO Verdensarvsområde
Villa Adriana
Canopus, kopi af Nilen
LandItalien
TypeKulturel
StedTivoli øst for Rom
Kriterium(i), (ii), (iii)
Reference907
RegionEuropa
Indskrevet1999 (23. Session)
Oversigtskort

Villa Adriana eller på dansk Hadrians villa er en antik romersk kejservilla beliggende i 107 meter over havets overflade ved Tivoli 25 km øst for Rom (en dagsrejse dengang). Villaen blev opført af kejser Hadrian i perioden 118-138, og er ikke blot en enkelt villa, men et større kompleks af bygninger, der blev bygget som sommerbolig for kejseren. Området har et areal på ca. 120 hektar inklusive haver, og det er dermed det største paladsanlæg bygget af en romersk kejser.[1] Adskillige vand-anlæg blev forsynet fra Aniene-floden via romerske akvædukter højere oppe.[2][3] Villa Adriana blev i 1999 optaget på UNESCOs verdensarvsliste.

Galleri

Kilder

  1. ^ Sauer, Nikoline (16. januar 2024). "Hadrians Villa | lex.dk". Den Store Danske.
  2. ^ Hansen, Jørgen Martin (22. november 2016). "Gåden om vandforsyningen til Hadrians villa" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Kejser Hadrians villa og villa d'Este i Tivoli". Guide i Rom.

Eksterne links

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Italy provincial location map 2015.svg
Forfatter/Opretter: TUBS Gallery, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Location of province XY (see filename) in Italy.
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Villa Hadriana approximative map
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (38088664402).jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Leaning tower of pisa 2.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Alkarex Malin äger, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.
They have tried to fix the lean of this tower several times. The most recent time, I believe, was in 2001 when they tried to drill into the ground and pour cement underneath the sandy surface.
Maquette 2 VA.JPG
Forfatter/Opretter: The original uploader was Guilhem06 at fransk Wikipedia., Licens: CC BY-SA 1.0
Reconstitution du domaine impérial de l'empereur Hadrien, Maquette de la Villa Adriana, Villa Adriana, Tivoli Auteur Guilhem Dulous
Centaur mosaic - Google Art Project retouched.jpeg
The centaur mosaic was found in the 18th century on the site of the sprawling, luxurious villa complex near Tivoli that once belonged to the Roman emperor Hadrian. The mosaic was found in situ along with other smaller ones that bore depictions of landscapes, animals and masks. The relatively small central panel (emblema) formed part of the floor decoration for the dining room (triclinium) in the main palace. The various individual scenes of these mosaic pictures bear depictions of wild, inhospitable landscapes that deliberately contrast with idyllic ones featuring animals living in harmony with each other. The dangers of the wild are portrayed in this mosaic in the dramatic struggle between great cats and a pair of centaurs, mythological creatures with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse. On a rocky outcrop that hangs over a terrific chasm that runs parallel to the bottom of the picture, a pair of centaurs have been pounced on by great cats. While the male centaur has been able to defend itself successfully from the lion, the tiger has managed to bring the female centaur to the ground and is clawing her side. The male centaur rushes to his companion’s side, rearing his legs in the air while holding a rock aloft above his head. Undaunted, the tiger seems intent on not surrendering its prey. Even though one lion already lies fatally wounded, bleeding and with its claws retracted, the outcome of the struggle is anything but clear because in the background (whose spatial depth is achieved through the staggered arrangement of rock forms and impressive gradations of colour) we see yet another foe for the centaur: a leopard ready to pounce. While depictions in older Greek art tended to emphasise the bestial side of centaurs, later depictions increasingly focussed on their human qualities. Lucian, a writer from the 2nd century, records that the Greek painter Zeuxis (active around 400 BC) became famous for his painting of a family of centaurs, including the young, set in a rural idyll. Similarly, Ovid, who lived around the turn of the millennium, wrote in moving verse of the death of a centaur couple. The extensive restoration work that was undertaken in the 18th and 19th century makes it difficult to date the mosaic with certainty. As a result, its dating ranges from Hellenistic to Hadrianic. There is broad agreement among scholars that the mosaic amounts to one of most virtuoso works of Roman mosaic art, which was inspired by a Greek work of art (either a panel painting or mosaic) from the Hellenistic period.
Lazio Tivoli2 tango7174.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Tango7174, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. The Maritime Theatre.