Castles in Saxony

Altrathen Castle

Rathen, Germany
11th century

Wildeck Castle

Zschopau, Germany
12th century

Weesenstein Castle

Müglitztal, Germany
c. 1200

Rammenau Palace

Rammenau, Germany
1721-1735

Rochsburg Castle

Lunzenau, Germany
1470-1548

Gnandstein Castle

Gnandstein, Germany
13th century

Scharfenstein Castle

Scharfenstein, Germany
1250

Mylau Castle

Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany
13th century

Wurzen Castle

Wurzen, Germany
1491-1497

Delitzsch Castle

Delitzsch, Germany
14th century

Hohnstein Castle

Hohnstein, Germany
c. 1200

Frauenstein Castle

Frauenstein, Germany
13th century

Groitzsch Castle Ruins

Groitzsch, Germany
11th century

Schönfeld Palace

Schönfeld, Germany
1560-1580

Nossen Castle

Nossen, Germany
12th century

Tharandt Castle

Tharandt, Germany
13th century

Klaffenbach Castle

Chemnitz, Germany
1555-1560

Lauenstein Castle

Altenberg, Germany
1200

Stein Castle

Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
c. 1200

Winterstein Castle Ruins

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Germany
13th century

Villa d'Este

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.