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  2. Villa d'Este - Wikipedia

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    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. It is now an Italian state museum, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

  3. Hadrian's Villa - Wikipedia

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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 Roman emperor Hadrian (r.117-138) near Tivoli outside Rome. It is the most imposing and complex Roman villa known.

  4. Monty Don's Italian Gardens - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Tivoli, Lazio - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Italy - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Pirro Ligorio - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Renaissance garden - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Tivoli) - Wikipedia

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    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]

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