Teatro Maritimo, a photo from Rome, Lazio

Photographer's Note

Hadrian's villa, Tivoli, 1976

The "Teatro Maritimo", Hadrian's private island in the middle of the villa.

An interesting structure in the Villa is the so-called "Maritime Theatre". It consists of a round portico with a barrel vault supported by pillars. Inside the portico was a ring-shaped pool with a central island. During the ancient times the island was connected to the portico by two drawbridges. On the island sits a small Roman house complete with an atrium, a library, a triclinium and small baths. The area was probably used by the emperor as a retreat from the busy life at the court.

The villa was created at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century.

Scanned from the original B&W negative, Hell s3900 scanner.

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Ashrain (124) 2007-11-09 8:51

I think it's very hard to have such a good scan of an old negative!
The picture itself is very suggestive, expecially for the pov that gave a beautiful reflex on the water.

Cretense (68709) 2007-11-11 10:46

Hi Chris!

Fantastic photo, with excellent framing and composition, fantastic reflection. The choise of b&w along with the "grain" give a retro look to the picture. It looks even older that 1976. Congratulations!

Hercules