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The Borghese Gallery, opened in 1997 after an extensive 14-year renovation, is housed in a handsome Baroque villa inspired originally by Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli (see page 69), but with its Italian formal gardens now transformed into an English-style landscaped park.
Olgas is Hadrian’s Gate built as a triumphal arch in a.d. 131 to mark the divide between the ancient city and his “new Athens.”
Built by Emperor Hadrian around a.d. 125 on an earlier site destroyed by fire, it achieved a marvel of engineering with its magnificent coffered dome: over 43 m (141 ft) in interior diameter (larger than St. Peter’s), exactly equal to its height.
Follow the old Roman chariot road (repaved) of Via Tiburtina 30 km (19 miles) east of the capital to the haunting ruins of Hadrian’s Villa (Villa Adriana), near the picturesque town of Tivoli, at the foot of the Sabine Hills.
Adorned by ten angel sculptures by Bernini and his studio, it arrives at the Castel Sant’Angelo, originally built as Hadrian’s mausoleum in a.d. 139.