Vienna, Austria
1279
Salzburg, Austria
1596
Vienna, Austria
1740
Innsbruck, Austria
c. 1460
Salzburg, Austria
1606
Vienna, Austria
1874-1883
Vienna, Austria
1712
Salzburg, Austria
1612-1619
Salzburg, Austria
1696
Graz, Austria
1625-1636
Eisenstadt, Austria
1620s
Grafenegg, Austria
19th century
Schloßhof, Austria
1729
Salzburg, Austria
1736
Vienna, Austria
1569
Laxenburg, Austria
1333 & 1745
Bad Ischl, Austria
1860
Vienna, Austria
1882-1886
Artstetten, Austria
1560
Walpersdorf, Austria
1571
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.