Sauvo, Finland
1460-1480
Eckerö, Finland
1380-1420
Hämeenkoski, Finland
1510-1560
Sysmä, Finland
1510-1520
Hämeenlinna, Finland
1490-1510
Kokemäki, Finland
1500-1560
Raasepori, Finland
1460-1480
Uusikaupunki, Finland
1430-1450
Masku, Finland
1490-1510
Raisio, Finland
1500-1520
Föglö, Finland
1450-1520
Lemland, Finland
1290-1316
Lemland, Finland
1500-1530
Tuulos, Finland
1510-1540
Hattula, Finland
1500
Urjala, Finland
1520-1540
Huittinen, Finland
1500
Salo, Finland
1440
Kimitoön, Finland
1469
Laitila, Finland
1460-1483
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.