Avignon, France
1252
Gordes, France
14th century
Lacoste, France
11th century
Le Barroux, France
1536
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
c. 1030
Lourmarin, France
15th century
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
14th century
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
13th century
Ansouis, France
13th century
Mornas, France
12th century
Murs, France
12th century
Mirabeau, France
12th century
Le Thor, France
11th century
Pertuis, France
18th century
Entrechaux, France
10th century AD
Sorgues, France
1700
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.