Milkel, Germany
1302
Meißen, Germany
1553-1555
Reinsberg, Germany
17th century
Wildenfels, Germany
c. 1200
Marienberg, Germany
12th century
Breitenbrunn/Erzgebirge, Germany
13th century
Belgershain, Germany
17th century
Triebel, Germany
c. 1200
Neuhausen (Erzgebirge), Germany
c. 1200
Mühltroff, Germany
10th century AD
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.