Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
1440s
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
14th century
Kildrummy, United Kingdom
13th century
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Ardrossan, United Kingdom
15th century
Alloa, United Kingdom
14th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
1508-1512
Elgin, United Kingdom
12th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
8th century AD
St Monans, United Kingdom
15th century
Errol, United Kingdom
15th century
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
c. 1454
East Wemyss, United Kingdom
14th century
Fintry, United Kingdom
1296
Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
c. 1350
Maybole, United Kingdom
13th century
Glasgow, United Kingdom
c. 1400
Banff, United Kingdom
13th century
Caithness, United Kingdom
1476-1496
Berwickshire, United Kingdom
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.