Verona, Italy
1354
Verona, Italy
1393
Malcesine, Italy
13th century
Villafranca di Verona, Italy
1199
Asolo, Italy
10th century
Marostica, Italy
1312
Lazise, Italy
14th century
Torri del Benaco, Italy
1383
Cittadella, Italy
1220
Bassano del Grappa, Italy
12th century
Soave, Italy
14th century
Monselice, Italy
11th century
Cison di Valmarino, Italy
13th century
Conegliano, Italy
11th century
Asolo, Italy
12th century
Bevilacqua, Italy
1336
Susegana, Italy
13th century
Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy
13th century
Verona, Italy
10th century AD
Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
14th century
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.