Bern, Switzerland
1902
Lausanne, Switzerland
1892-1904
Geneva, Switzerland
1929-1938
Thun, Switzerland
1846-1854
Brig, Switzerland
1658-1678
Lucerne, Switzerland
1859-1901
Salenstein, Switzerland
1546
Sissach, Switzerland
1774-1776
Feldbrunnen-St.Niklaus, Switzerland
1682-1686
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, Switzerland
1760s
Bregaglia, Switzerland
1723
Solothurn, Switzerland
1725-1728
Thunstetten, Switzerland
1711
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.