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Hadrian's buildings catch the Sun

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The Emperor's country estate is aligned to meet the solstices.

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  1. De Franceschini, M. & Veneziano, G. Villa Adriana: Architettura Celeste: I Segreti dei Solstizi (in the press).

  2. Hannah, R. Time in Antiquity (Routledge, 2008).

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Hand, E. Hadrian's buildings catch the Sun. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.372

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