Venice, Italy
1063-1093
Milan, Italy
1386
Rome, Italy
12th century
Rome, Italy
126 AD
Rome, Italy
336 AD
Rome, Italy
5th century
Rome, Italy
10th century
Venice, Italy
15th century
Turin, Italy
1668-1687
Sassari, Italy
12th century
Genoa, Italy
1118
Turin, Italy
1715-1730
Palermo, Italy
1612-1677
Palermo, Italy
1566-1596
Venice, Italy
1631
Rome, Italy
c. 380 AD
Palermo, Italy
1154
Palermo, Italy
1633-1664
Amalfi, Italy
9th century AD
Rome, Italy
432 AD
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.