Today we went to Hadrian’s Villa for a fieldtrip with our studio class. The site is where Emperor Hadrian took his full court (think thousands of people) and basically created this massive town-like villa because he didn’t like living in the city of Rome. The villa is absolutely immense- the grounds and buildings just keep going on and on! Even after touring for almost 4 hours we only saw a fraction of the buildings. Since it was built in the first century a.d. many of the great architects have walked through the same rooms and studied the sights that we saw today, which is hard to imagine! Our one professor Alan Ceen has an insane amount of knowledge relating to anything architecture, history or cartography, so he gave us a really informative tour of the villa. We also had a few hours to explore on our own which was really nice. It gave me the chance to just sit back, sketch, take photos, and soak up the sun in the peaceful country atmosphere. The sights of the ruins with the hilltop of Tivoli in the background were so gorgeous!
At the end of the trip when we were wandering around, we happened upon an outlook with views across the countryside- an awesome surprise!
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