Athens, Greece
1759
Athens, Greece
1668-1670
Corfu, Greece
1580s
Rhodes, Greece
1522/1808
Athens, Greece
1842
Lindos, Greece
c. 1300
Corfu, Greece
15th century
Thessaloniki, Greece
13th century
Thessaloniki, Greece
629-634 AD
Rhodes, Greece
1577
Kalabaka, Greece
c. 1350
Thessaloniki, Greece
14th century
Heraklion, Greece
16th century
Thessaloniki, Greece
1028
Thessaloniki, Greece
8th century AD
Corfu, Greece
1225
Kalabaka, Greece
14th century
Athens, Greece
1843
Corfu, Greece
17th century
Lindos, Greece
4th century BCE
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.