Topic summaryVilla Adriana Expand Summary Extracted from the Wikipedia article Hadrian's Villa. Hadrian's Villa (Italian: Villa Adriana; Latin: Villa Hadriana) was a monumental villa or palace complex built around AD 120 by emperorHadrian (r.117–138) near Tivoli, about 20 km from Rome. Its remains are now included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia source