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The Stadium Garden at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy) was an elaborate garden of artistic and aesthetic retreat - effectively, a statue gallery.

One of the most striking and best preserved parts of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli (Italy) consists of a pool named Canopus and the so-called Serapeum, a monumental summer cenatio with a nymphaeum set at the southern end of the Canopus.

The Maritime Theatre at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy) was a complex with 35 room built on a circular island surrounded by a moat. It is generally thought to have been dedicated to Hadrian’s personal use.

The Piazza d’Oro (Golden Hall) is a vast building with a quadriporticus garden and water basins located in the northern edge of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy). The southern side of Piazza d’Oro has a cenatio (dining-room) and perhaps also...

Antonio de Mendoza (l. 1495-1552), viceroy of New Spain, oil on canvas painting by an unknown artist. Salón de Virreyes, National Museum of History, Mexico City.

Stained glass window of Saint Cuthbert (c. 634-687), monk and bishop of Lindisfarne, in Newcastle Cathedral.

A 19th-century painting showing Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) and Prince Rupert before the Battle of Naseby with Parliamentary forces during the English Civil Wars. The battle took place on 14 June 1645 and was lost by the Royalists.

The discovery of his Saint Cuthbert's incorrupt body in an illuminated manuscript of Bede's Life of St Cuthbert, MS 39943, c. 1180. British Library, London.

A 19th century painting showing the attempted arrest of five Members of Parliament by Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in January 1642. Painting by Charles West Cope (House of Parliament, London)

A c. 1656 portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), leader of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-51) and Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). Painting by Samuel Cooper (National...