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- Imperial Palace Panorama 1
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- ROCCABRUNA
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- Small Baths Panorama 1
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- Small Baths Panorama 3
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- Small Baths Panorama 9
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- CANOPUS
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- HELIOCAMINUS BATHS
- HOSPITALIA
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- INFERI
- LARGE BATHS
- LATIN LIBRARY
- MARITIME THEATER
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- GREEK THEATER
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- HELIOCAMINUS BATHS
- IMPERIAL PALACE
- LATIN LIBRARY
- MARITIME THEATER
- ODEUM (SOUTH THEATER)
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INFERI
A recent study by C. Ohlig and D. Vieweger (Die Wasserkultur der Villa Hadriana, edited H. Fahlbusch [Siegburg 2008] 349-395) has a shed new light on this part of the villa, long known as Inferi after the passage in Spartianus' Life of Hadrian 26 dedicated to the villa. The 135 m long, 18 m wide depression forming the area was an ancient tuff quarry. At the southern end a grotto-nymphaeum was carved into the rock with flanking tunnels. The grotto was extended with a brick construction in front. No evidence has been found that would allow us to date the structure.
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