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Park of the Villa d'Este, Carl Blechen, 1830.The overgrown garden appealed to the Romantic imagination; today this same view is once again manicured.. With the death of Ippolito in 1572, the villa and gardens passed to his nephew, Cardinal Luigi (1538–1586), who continued work on some of the unfinished fountains and gardens, but struggled with high maintenance costs.
The Villa d'Este, originally Villa del Garovo, is a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy, close to the city of Como.Both the villa and the 25-acre (100,000 m 2) park which surrounds it have undergone significant changes since their sixteenth-century origins as a summer residence for Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio, who had been born in the village.
Villa Farnese, Caprarola: The gardens of the villa are as impressive as the building itself, a significant example of the Italian Renaissance garden period. 1. Italy: Villa Adriana, Tivoli: The remains of the garden set out for Roman Emperor Hadrian around his palace. 1. Italy: Villa d'Este, Tivoli: A spectacular Renaissance garden with many ...
Alfred Hitchock was also a fan of the hotel and visited many times throughout his life. Villa d'Este housed religious leaders and local politicians when it was first constructed in the 1500s. A ...
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In 1929, the “Villa d’Este” had already passed into the hands of Jewish restaurateur, Josef König, and renamed as “Cafe König am Zoo – Villa d’Este”. [ 9 ] [ citation needed ] Possibly, as a prediction of the upcoming threat of the political situation, König sold his ownership of the “Villa d’Este”, in the spring of 1932.
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este (Italian for 'Competition of Elegance of Villa d'Este') is a Concours d'Elegance event in Italy for classic and vintage cars. It takes place annually near the Villa d'Este hotel in Cernobbio, on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy. Since 2011, the event has taken place in the second half of May.