Ensdorf, Germany
1121
Neustadt am Main, Germany
760-793
Paring, Germany
1141
Rotthalmünster, Germany
11th century
Biburg, Germany
1132
Gars am Inn, Germany
768 AD
Osterhofen, Germany
1004-1009
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Germany
1121
Franzburg, Germany
1231
Schönau, Germany
1142
Rinchnach, Germany
1011
Bredelar, Germany
1196
Attel, Germany
c. 1037
Geisenfeld, Germany
1030
Oberalteich, Germany
c. 1100
Schlehdorf, Germany
740-769 AD
Thierhaupten, Germany
8th century AD
Ursberg, Germany
1126-1128
Warburg, Germany
1140
Heidenheim, Germany
c. 752
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.