Regensburg, Germany
179 AD
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Trier, Germany
310 AD
Trier, Germany
0-200 AD
Bad Homburg, Germany
90-135 AD
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Boppard, Germany
360 AD
Mainz, Germany
1st century AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Schwarzenacker, Germany
1st century AD
Xanten, Germany
98 AD
Mainz, Germany
0-100 AD
Borg, Germany
Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
1st century AD
Walting, Germany
90 AD
Welzheim, Germany
160 AD
Perl, Germany
2nd century AD
Mainz, Germany
9 BC
Badenweiler, Germany
0-100 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.