Hoogstraten, Belgium
1687
Kortenberg, Belgium
c. 1095
Jette, Belgium
1095
Denée, Belgium
1893
Malle, Belgium
1794
Amay, Belgium
1189
Mettet, Belgium
919 AD
Gistel, Belgium
12th century/1891
Gesves, Belgium
1231
Oudenaarde, Belgium
1063
Amay, Belgium
1244
Aiseau-Presles, Belgium
1187
Chevetogne, Belgium
1939
Arlon, Belgium
c. 1247
Ghent, Belgium
1257
Affligem, Belgium
1062
Brecht, Belgium
1236
Bruges, Belgium
1100/1898
Éghezée, Belgium
1222
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.