Berlin, Germany
1788-1791
Bremen, Germany
1405
Berlin, Germany
1961
Dresden, Germany
1841/1878
Munich, Germany
1862
Berlin, Germany
1961
Regensburg, Germany
1135
Nuremberg, Germany
1332-1339
Würzburg, Germany
1473-1543
Regensburg, Germany
1135-1146
Hamburg, Germany
1922-1924
Dachau, Germany
1933
Lindau (Bodensee), Germany
1853-1856
Darmstadt, Germany
1897
Erfurt, Germany
1325
Berchtesgaden, Germany
1937
Berlin, Germany
1250
Saarbrücken, Germany
1546
Bacharach, Germany
1426
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
1142
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.