Tbilisi, Georgia
4th century AD
Ananuri, Georgia
16th century
Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
9th century AD
Gori, Georgia
13th century
Akhali Atoni, Georgia
7th century AD
Khertvisi, Georgia
1354
Omalo, Georgia
1230s
Surami, Georgia
12th century
Kobuleti, Georgia
535 AD
Atskuri, Georgia
10th century
Mtskheta, Georgia
14th century
Dedoplistsqaro, Georgia
13th century
Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
Middle Ages
Tetri-Tsqaro, Georgia
11th century
Kushchi, Georgia
11th century
Tmogvi, Georgia
9th century AD
Georgia, Georgia
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.