Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 24 Near surface geophysics for the study and the management of historical resources: past, present and future (EGU Session 2009) 2010 10.5194/adgeo-24-3-2010 http://www.adv-geosci.net/24/3/2010/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/24/3/2010/adgeo-24-3-2010.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/24/3/2010/adgeo-24-3-2010.pdf 3 13 2010-03-09 New discoveries with geophysics in the Accademia of Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli (Rome) M. De Franceschini mdfmdf28@libero.it A. M. Marras University of Trento, Department of Achaeology, History and Cultural Heritage, Trento, Italy in cooperation with the University of Trento, Trento, Italy The Accademia Pilot Project concerns one of the lesser known buildings of Hadrian's Villa, the Accademia, which is still in private property and is not open to the public. One of the most significant and unique features of this building – and of the whole Villa – is a network of subterranean service corridors, which was seldom studied. <br><br> For the first time we used Geophysics at Hadrian's Villa, to explore the subterranean tunnels of the Accademia and reconstruct their layout. The survey was done by archaeologist Anna Maria Marras for her Master thesis in Geo-technology (Marras, 2008) and gave very interesting results. A complete and selected bibliography on Hadrian's Villa can be \hspace*-4mmfound on my website www.villa-adriana.net\vspace*3mm Contini, F.: Hadriani Caesaris immanem in agro tiburtino villam, Roma, Italy, tav. VIII, 1668. De Franceschini, M.: Villa Adriana – Mosaici, pavimenti, edifici, Roma, Italy, 321–356, 582–591, 1991. Hidalgo, R.: Piranesi y el dibujo preparatorio de la Pianta delle fabbriche esistenti nella Villa Adriana del Museo de San Martino en Nàpoles in El Concepto de lo provincial en el mundo antiguo. Homenaje a la profesora Pilar Leòn Alonso, Cordoba, 281–300, 2006. Kähler, H.: Hadrian und seine Villa bei Tivoli, Berlin, Germany, 27, 73–84, 128–132, 1950. Lui, F.: Des ruines aux bibliothèques. Piranesi e il mondo francese: fortuna, suggestioni, eredità in La Roma di Piranesi. La città del Settecento nelle Grandi Vedute, Roma, Italy, 79–90~(Fig 2, p 80), 2006. Marras, A. M.: L'Accademia di Villa Adriana: rilettura delle piante antiche attraverso le indagini geoelettriche. Tesi per Master universitario di II livello in Geotecniche per l'Archeologia. Tutor Dott. Fabio Mantovani e Dott.ssa Marta Bottacchi, S. Giovanni Valdarno, 2008. Pinto, J.: Piranesi at Hadrian's Villa in Eius virtuti studiosi. Classical and Postclassical Studies in Memory of Frank Edward Brown, 1900–1988, Washington, USA, 464–477, 1993. Piranesi, G. B.: Pianta delle fabbriche esistenti nella Villa Adriana, Roma, tav. III, nos. 12–46, 1781. Salza Prina Ricotti, E.: Villa Adriana nei suoi limiti e nella sua funzionalità in Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, Serie III, Memorie XIV, 25–55, 1982. Salza Prina Ricotti, E.: Villa Adriana, il sogno di un imperatore. Architettura, arte e giardini, Roma, 277–280, 2000. Winnefeld, H.: Die Villa des Hadrian bei Tivoli in Jahrbuch des Deutsches Archäologisches Instituts Rom, Erganzungshefte 5, 111–119, 121, 1895.