Blandy, France
14th century
Vallée de Chevreuse, France
1596
Le Port-Marly, France
1846
Chamarande, France
17th century
Anet, France
1547-1552
Dourdan, France
1220s
Courson-Monteloup, France
1676
Maisons-Laffitte, France
1651
Le Vésinet, France
1899
Dampierre-en-Yvelines, France
1675-1683
Chaussy, France
11th century
Ambleville, France
16th century
Méréville, France
1768
Rueil-Malmaison, France
1803-1804
Méry-sur-Oise, France
16th century
Ferrières-en-Brie, France
1855-1859
Marly-le-Roi, France
1665
Louveciennes, France
1684
Guermantes, France
1698-1710
Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
c. 1100
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.