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Hadrian's Villa (Italian: Villa Adriana; Latin: Villa Hadriana) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the ruins and remains of a large villa complex built around AD 120 by emperor Hadrian (r.117-138) near Tivoli, outside Rome. It is one of the most imposing and complex residences of the ancient world. [1]
The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site , it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden . The garden plan is laid out on a central axis with subsidiary cross-axes of carefully varied character, refreshed by some five hundred jets in fountains ...
Gardens of the Villa d'Este, a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome; Jardin de Tivoli, Paris, a garden and park open between 1766 and 1842, built to resemble the gardens of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy; Tivoli City Park, a garden and a park in Ljubljana, Slovenia; Tivoli Friheden, an amusement park in Aarhus, Denmark; Tivoli Gardens, an ...
Villa d'Este, Tivoli Metropolitan City of Rome Capital: 2001 1025; i, ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The 16th century-gardens of Vila d'Este are one of the first and best examples of Italian Renaissance gardens. The gardens have a geometric layout in line with Renaissance aesthetics and are decorated with pools and fountains, designed by Pirro ...
Bird's-eye plan view of the gardens at Villa d'Este (Tivoli), Italy. Date: between 1560 and 1575 ... File:Dupérac, Étienne - Gardens at Villa d'Este - 1560-1575.jpg.
Garden of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli. A Renaissance garden is a garden or park created in the era and style of the Renaissance. Because the first such gardens originated in Italy, they are sometimes called Italian gardens. However, gardens made later in Germany, France, or England might have had some differences compared to the original Italian ...
Italy: Villa d'Este, Tivoli: A spectacular Renaissance garden with many fountains. Website Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine: 48. Italy: Villa Adriana, Tivoli: The remains of the garden set out for Roman Emperor Hadrian around his palace. 49. Italy: Elio's vineyard, Tivoli: A private fruit and vegetable garden. 50. Italy: Villa Lante ...
Villa d'Este, a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, Italy; Villa d'Este (Cernobbio), a Renaissance patrician residence in Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como, northern Italy, now a deluxe hotel; Villa d'Este (Johannesburg), a National Heritage site in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; Berlin Villa d'Este, a former 1920s restaurant and ...