Oslo, Norway
1883-1884
Oslo, Norway
1694-1697
Bergen, Norway
c. 1181
Bergen, Norway
1870
Trondheim, Norway
1070-1300
Oslo, Norway
1880
Tromsø, Norway
1861
Stavanger, Norway
c. 1100-1150
Bergen, Norway
1130s
Trondheim, Norway
c. 1200
Bergen, Norway
12th century
Oslo, Norway
1896
Arendal, Norway
1888
Oslo, Norway
1858
Bergen, Norway
1181
Bergen, Norway
1891-1894
Bergen, Norway
1621
Lom, Norway
1158
Oslo, Norway
1868
Oslo, Norway
1892
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.