Rome, Italy
134-139
Vernazza, Italy
15th century
Rome, Italy
1238
Milan, Italy
14th century
Riomaggiore, Italy
13th century
Sirmione, Italy
12th century
Naples, Italy
13th century
Taormina, Italy
10th century AD
Verona, Italy
1354
Camogli, Italy
13th century
Palermo, Italy
1535-1584
Genoa, Italy
c. 1150
Vigevano, Italy
c. 1337
Genoa, Italy
1155
Naples, Italy
1279
Naples, Italy
12th century
Porto Venere, Italy
12th century
Riva del Garda, Italy
1124
Rome, Italy
3rd century AD
Udine, Italy
1511
The Villa d'Este is a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and especially for its profusion of fountains: the extraordinary system contains fifty-one fountains and nymphaeums, 398 spouts, 364 water jets, 64 waterfalls, and 220 basins, fed by 875 meters of canals, channels and cascades, and all working entirely by the force of gravity, without pumps. It is now an Italian state museum, and is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Tivoli had been a popular summer residence since ancient Roman times due to its altitude, cooler temperatures and its proximity to the Villa Hadriana, the summer residence of the Emperor Hadrian I.
The Villa was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509-1572), second son of Alfonso I d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara and grandson of Pope Alexander VI, along with Lucrezia Borgia.