Italy : handbook for travellers . are the quarries of lapis Tibur-tinus, or travertine, which have furnished building-material forancient and for modern Rome, for the Colosseum and for St. Petersalike. About I1/2 M. farther the Anio is crossed by the PonteLucano, near which is the well-preserved Tomb of the Plautii,dating from the early empire, and resembling that of Cajcilia Metella(p. 350). Immediately beyond the river the road again divides : that to theleft ascends to the town (see below), that to the right leads to thevilla of Hadrian, 1 M. distant, formerly the property of the Ikaschi,pu

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Italy : handbook for travellers . are the quarries of lapis Tibur-tinus, or travertine, which have furnished building-material forancient and for modern Rome, for the Colosseum and for St. Petersalike. About I1/2 M. farther the Anio is crossed by the PonteLucano, near which is the well-preserved Tomb of the Plautii,dating from the early empire, and resembling that of Cajcilia Metella(p. 350). Immediately beyond the river the road again divides : that to theleft ascends to the town (see below), that to the right leads to thevilla of Hadrian, 1 M. distant, formerly the property of the Ikaschi,purchased by the Italian government in 1871, and now open to the .public (adm. 1 fr.). In winter an omnibus runs between the tram-way and the villa (in 1/4 hr.; fare Y2 f^.). The * Villa of Hadrian, situated on the slope of tlie hills ofTivoli, l/2 M. from the town, once occupied with its gardens anarea of several square miles. The magnificent grounds, which were %.J^ r- / [ uosi: ^1 J »!,, - MoiiU <n lUull o T; 1^ n<. ^ ( ,<iisiih . < u/vvJf< < ^ *Var< elfiijd

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