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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.
Comune Population (2005) 068001 Abbateggio: 447 068002 Alanno: 3,709 068003 Bolognano: 1,242 068004 Brittoli: 397 068005 Bussi sul Tirino: 2,920 068006 Cappelle sul Tavo: 3,790 068007 Caramanico Terme: 2,089 068008 Carpineto della Nora: 728 068009 Castiglione a Casauria: 910 068010 Catignano: 1,488 068011 Cepagatti: 9,610 068012 Città Sant ...
Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’Este at Tivoli for Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, and served as the Ducal Antiquary in Ferrara.
Villa d'Este housed religious leaders and local politicians when it was first constructed in the 1500s. A few centuries and renovations later, it turned into a favorite of Hollywood's elite -- and ...
Giardino all'italiana Cervara Abbey, Santa Margherita Ligure Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto Boboli Gardens Parco del Castello di Miramare Vittoriale degli Italiani Palace of Venaria The Grandi Giardini Italiani is an association of major gardens in Italy and Malta founded in 1997.
Pescara (Italian: [pesˈkaːra] ⓘ; [3] Abruzzese: Pescàrë; Pescarese: Piscàrë) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) [4] residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). [5]
Bird's-eye plan view of the gardens at Villa d'Este (Tivoli), Italy. Date: between 1560 and 1575
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.