Title: Reconquest
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Description: Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli. The emperor Hadrian's imperial palace in Tivoli, Italy was built to display the control of humans over nature. Now in ruins, nature has reconquered this vast palace. This photo was taken through what was a doorway into a 'cauldarium', or hot pool of a bath complex. The roof and walls of this room have long since collapsed. Grasses and a tree now grow from the brickwork.