Lisbon, Portugal
1502
Lisbon, Portugal
1389
Lisbon, Portugal
12th century
Lisbon, Portugal
1730
Porto, Portugal
12th century
Lisbon, Portugal
12th century
Porto, Portugal
1732-1750
Porto, Portugal
1383
Braga, Portugal
1722
Lisbon, Portugal
1506
Porto, Portugal
1538
Guimarães, Portugal
9th century AD
Braga, Portugal
c. 1089
Guimarães, Portugal
949 AD
Lisbon, Portugal
1681-1712
Lisbon, Portugal
16th century
Braga, Portugal
1703
Lisbon, Portugal
13th century
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
1400
Lisbon, Portugal
1779-1790
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.