Gardens of Maecenas

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Largo Leopardi, 22, 00185 Roma RM, Italy

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N41° 53' 38.4" E12° 30' 5.04"   (41.894, 12.5014) Start navigation »

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The Gardens of Maecenas, built by Gaius Maecenas, an Augustan-era patron of the arts, were the first gardens in the Hellenistic-Persian garden style in Rome. He sited them on the Esquiline Hill, atop the Servian Wall (agger) and its adjoining necropolis, near the gardens of Lamia.

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