Skopje, North Macedonia
1451-1469
Ohrid, North Macedonia
7th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
200 BCE
Ohrid, North Macedonia
13th century
Ohrid, North Macedonia
9th century AD
Skopje, North Macedonia
12th century
Skopje, North Macedonia
10th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
4th century AD
Ohrid, North Macedonia
11th century
Gradsko, North Macedonia
3rd century BCE
Bitola, North Macedonia
c. 350 BCE
Kumanovo, North Macedonia
1900-1800 BCE
Skopje, North Macedonia
168 BCE
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.