Dingwall, United Kingdom
11th century
Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
15th century
Tongue, United Kingdom
14th century
Dufftown, United Kingdom
15th century
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
1344-1363
Selkirkshire, United Kingdom
15th century
Fife, United Kingdom
13th century
East Wemyss, United Kingdom
c. 1421
Tranent, United Kingdom
15th century
Glenrothes, United Kingdom
14th century
Kilbirnie, United Kingdom
15th century
Cupar, United Kingdom
14th century
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
13th century
Highland, United Kingdom
13th century
Dalmeny, United Kingdom
15th century
Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
13th century
Isle of Mull, United Kingdom
14th century
Ballantrae, United Kingdom
c. 1450
Stevenston, United Kingdom
c. 1191
Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
c. 1500
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.