Amsterdam, Netherlands
1898-1900
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1896-1903
Amsterdam, Netherlands
17th century
Leiden, Netherlands
1655
Maastricht, Netherlands
1280-1298
Breda, Netherlands
1267
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
1740
Valkenburg, Netherlands
1115
Utrecht, Netherlands
1924
Franeker, Netherlands
1774-1781
Lemmer, Netherlands
1920
Veenhuizen, Netherlands
1823
Santpoort-Zuid, Netherlands
13th century
Wageningen, Netherlands
1500-1526
Bolsward, Netherlands
1281
Haarlem, Netherlands
13th century
Sassenheim, Netherlands
13th century
Batenburg, Netherlands
c. 1300
Heusden, Netherlands
13th century
Amersfoort, Netherlands
1941
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.