Berlin, Germany
1925-1933
Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Germany
18th century
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1100
Brühl, Germany
1729-1737
Bingen am Rhein, Germany
13th century
Bad Wilhelmshöhe, Germany
1689
Weimar, Germany
1724-1748
Weimar, Germany
1823-1828
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
1900-1904
Weimar, Germany
1778-1828
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
c. 1371
Niederheimbach, Germany
13th century
Kaub, Germany
1220
Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany
11th century
Eisleben, Germany
1546
Bingen am Rhein, Germany
968 AD / 1855
Wannsee, Germany
1682
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Alfeld (Leine), Germany
1910
Weimar, Germany
1923
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.