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Explanation: This is the residence of the former Roman Emperor Diocletian, the only Emperor who retired. In his retirement, he was asked to come back to unfuck the mess he left behind by one of his co-Emperors - Diocletian responded that if his co-Emperor could see the cabbages he grew, he would never ask Diocletian to leave his serene garden and return to the power struggles of the Empire.
It's quite a grand residence, as befits a man who was once an absolute autocrat and demanded the Empire worship him as a living god, against the norms and traditions of Rome.