Split, Croatia
1441
Dubrovnik, Croatia
1461-1463
Dubrovnik, Croatia
1463
Dubrovnik, Croatia
14th century
Dubrovnik, Croatia
1463
Dubrovnik, Croatia
11th century
Trogir, Croatia
15th century
Šibenik, Croatia
15th century
Krk, Croatia
1191
Omiš, Croatia
13th century
Svetvinčenat, Croatia
10th century
Rijeka, Croatia
13th century
Stari Grad, Croatia
15th century
Klis, Croatia
7th century AD
Ston, Croatia
1358
Varaždin, Croatia
1454
Knin, Croatia
8th century AD
Buzet, Croatia
12th century
Zagreb, Croatia
1249-1254
Čakovec, Croatia
13th century
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.