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Hospitalia, Hadrian's Villa
The Hospitalia at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy) was a two-story building with 10 guest rooms on the first floor off a long and wide central hallway, at the southern end of which was a hall. The structure dates to the first phase (118-125...

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Small Baths, Hadrian's Villa
The Small Baths at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy) is a thermal complex built between 121-125 CE.

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Three Exedras Building, Hadrian's Villa
View of one of the gardens of the Three Exedras building at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy). The building was a semicircular arcaded triclinium (dining room) with a large, rectangular fountain located to the north of the structure at the...

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

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Canopus, Hadrian's Villa
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.

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Maritime Theatre, Hadrian's Villa
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.

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Dining-room of Piazza d’Oro, Hadrian's Villa
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...

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Antonio de Mendoza
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.

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

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Charles I Before the Battle of Naseby
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.