Paris, France
1889
Strasbourg, France
1427
Giverny, France
1890
Lille, France
1652
Paris, France
1889
Bordeaux, France
1780
Strasbourg, France
1686-1700
Nice, France
11th century
Avignon, France
1177-1185
Bordeaux, France
1940
Sélestat, France
19th century
Lyon, France
1892-1894
Nice, France
1912
Lyon, France
1631/1748
Toulouse, France
1544-1632
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
1931-1934
Poissy, France
1928-1931
Bordeaux, France
1846
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, France
1944
Montpellier, France
1593
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.