Saint-Malo, France
1424
Fougères, France
c. 1167
Plévenon, France
1340
Josselin, France
11th century
Vitré, France
c. 1090
Brest, France
200 AD
Sarzeau, France
14th century
Ploëzal, France
15th century
Dinan, France
1382-1383
Guingamp, France
14th century
Concarneau, France
19th century
Saint-Vougay, France
1670
Saint-Goazec, France
1893
Plédéliac, France
c. 1220
Pont-l'Abbé, France
1385
Quintin, France
1643
Combourg, France
1025
Créhen, France
13th century
Landunvez, France
10th century
Pontivy, France
1485
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.