Braubach, Germany
c. 1117
Wierschem, Germany
12th century
Cochem, Germany
1100
Linz am Rhein, Germany
1365
Sankt Goar, Germany
1245
Manderscheid, Germany
12th century
Saarburg, Germany
964 AD
Boppard, Germany
13th century
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1316
Bacharach, Germany
c. 1135
Oberwesel, Germany
1100-1149
Gerolstein, Germany
12th century
Landstuhl, Germany
1162
Monreal, Germany
13th century
Adenau, Germany
12th century
Mayen, Germany
13th century
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
c. 1150
Kaub, Germany
1326
Koblenz, Germany
1259/1826
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
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.