Turin, Italy
1884
Rome, Italy
1883
Matera, Italy
1864
Venice, Italy
1861
Bari, Italy
1913
Palermo, Italy
1954
Palermo, Italy
1866
Como, Italy
1927
Cividale del Friuli, Italy
1565
Naples, Italy
1738
Rome, Italy
1990
Reggio Calabria, Italy
1932
Brindisi, Italy
1884
Meran, Italy
1900
Taranto, Italy
1887
Sorrento, Italy
19th century
Syracuse, Italy
1886
Bergamo, Italy
1810
Bolzano, Italy
1998
Aosta, Italy
1633
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.