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The Villa d'Este is a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome.It is a masterpiece of Italian architecture and garden design, famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and the ingenuity of its architectural features (fountains, ornamental basins, ceilings, etc.), it is an incomparable example of a 16th-century Italian garden, which later had a huge influence on landscape ...
Garden Notes 1. Italy: 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
Detail from the Villa Gregoriana. Tivoli (/ ˈ t ɪ v əl i / TIV-ə-lee; Italian:; Latin: Tibur) is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine Hills.
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 ...
View over sanctuary from Villa D´Este Temple of Hercules Victor. The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Italian: Ercole Vincitore) in Tivoli (Italy) was one of the major complexes of the Roman Republican era built on the wave of the Hellenistic cultural influence after the final Roman conquest of Greece (146 BC). [1]
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 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 ...