Copenhagen, Denmark
1637
Copenhagen, Denmark
1817-1829
Copenhagen, Denmark
1400-1450
Copenhagen, Denmark
1563
Copenhagen, Denmark
1695
Copenhagen, Denmark
1703-1706
Roskilde, Denmark
c. 1170
Copenhagen, Denmark
1749-1894
Aalborg, Denmark
c. 1380-1400
Roskilde, Denmark
c. 1125
Aalborg, Denmark
1431
Aarhus, Denmark
12th century
Odense, Denmark
c. 1300
Ribe, Denmark
1110
Odense, Denmark
1096
Odense, Denmark
1906-1908
Helsingør, Denmark
1559
Helsingør, Denmark
1430
Aarhus, Denmark
1060
Kolding, Denmark
c. 1250
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.