Drohobych, Ukraine
15th century
Powroźnik, Poland
17th century
Yasinia, Ukraine
1824
Rohatyn, Ukraine
1598
Kwiatoń, Poland
1700
Smolnik, Poland
1791
Turzańsk, Poland
1801
Zhovkva, Ukraine
1720
Owczary, Poland
1653
Potelych, Ukraine
1502
Radruż, Poland
16th century
Brunary, Poland
18th century
Matkiv, Ukraine
1838
Nyzhniy Verbizh, Ukraine
1788
Uzhok, Ukraine
1745
Chotyniec, Poland
1671
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.