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Villa Adriana: Hadrian's Villa

Outside Rome, a bit southwest of the town of Tivoli in Lazio Province, the monumental Roman ruins of Villa Adriana stand as a testament to the ambitions and fancies of Emperor Hadrian. Based upon the emperor’s design and built in the 2nd century A.D., the site presents a remarkable fusion of ostentatious architecture – a vast complex of buildings and courtyards, canals and thermal baths – cradled within hundreds of acres of green terrain.

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Adamson House ~ Malibu

Adamson House Star Pool Photo © Alice Joyce

Adamson Star Pool: Photo © Alice Joyce

Adamson House is known for the historic Malibu Potteries, and its lovely gardens which overlook the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a showcase for colorful tilework, Adamson House is adjacent to the Malibu Lagoon Museum, situated in the house’s attached 5-car garage. Although part of the California State Parks, Adamson House and

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Getty Villa: Elegant Symmetry .. Echoes Ancient Rome

Getty Villa Outer Peristyle Hedge and Pool Photo © Alice Joyce

Located along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, the Getty Villa first opened in 1974 as the original J. Paul Getty Museum; the architecture of the site patterned after the Villa dei Papiri – a Roman country house dating to the first century. The Villa closed for renovation in 1997, just as The Getty Center opened to great fanfare in Los Angeles. After a 12-year closure, the cultural cognoscenti were abuzz by 2006 as the Getty Villa reopened with stunning exhibition spaces; presenting an unparalleled showcase for Greco-Roman & Etruscan antiquities. An overall stunning redesign by architects, Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston received widespread praise.

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