Villa d este. Tivoli. Italy. Part view of the portico of the entrance courtyard designed in 1567 on the site of the former convent cloister.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the Fountain of Venus in the entrance courtyard. The fountain is framed by a pair of Doric columns and above the cornice is the 4th century AD marble bust of Emperor Constantine.Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy.View of the 16th century Fountain of Proserpina. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. The central arch niche houses Pluto on his shell being borne by two sea horses. In the side niches two tritons riding dolphins are represented sounding the buccina.Female figure water sprout, Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy.Part View of the elaborate Fountain of Rometta. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Designed by Pirro Ligorio and executed by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570 to represent ancient Rome. On this section of the semicircular theatre there (not shown here) is a stucco statue of the river God Aniene on the Tiburtine mountain summit, who holds in his right hand the circular Temple of Sybil. Below him, half-hidden in a grotto, Appenines holds the mountain from which is born the river whose water merges with the Tiber.The Monumental 16th century Fontane dell’Organo or water organ fountain. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. A technology wonder of its time and based on techniques devised in Hellenistic and Roman times the fountain is famous for its spectacular use of water to make musicals sounds that astounded visiting Popes, Cardinals and princes. It is decorated with statues of Apollo, Diana and Orpheus. .The Monumental 16th century Fontane dell’Organo or water organ fountain. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. A technology wonder of its time and based on techniques devised in Hellenistic and Roman times the fountain is famous for its spectacular use of water to make musicals sounds that astounded visiting Popes, Cardinals and princes. It is decorated with statues of Apollo, Diana and Orpheus. .The Monumental 16th century Fontane dell’Organo or water organ fountain. Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. A technology wonder of its time and based on techniques devised in Hellenistic and Roman times the fountain is famous for its spectacular use of water to make musicals sounds that astounded visiting Popes, Cardinals and princes. It is decorated with statues of Apollo, Diana and Orpheus. .View on the first terrace or Vialone of the spectacular Gran Loggia which takes the form of triumphal arch. Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. The terrace extends over 200 metres in length and is the largest space in the garden. During summer evenings, the Cardinals Este (1550) staged parties that included fireworks, court jesters and acrobatic spectacles.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. Water streams out from a sculptured lion’s head found on the basin of the Fountain of the Tripod.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the fountain of the tripod on the central garden viewing area situated on the first terrace or Vialone.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View along the Stairs of the Bollori which start from the Fish Ponds, towards the Avenue of the Dragons and then to the Avenue of the Hundred Fountains. Dating from the 16th century the stairs are flanked by squared pilasters with basins which to an ingenious hydraulic system, the water flowed from one basin to the next through the mouths of masks sculpted on one side of the each pilaster and thus reappeared in the next basin higher up generating the effect of the bollore or boiling. When it was operational it was considered by some to be the most beautiful aquatic scene in the entire villa.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of Fontana Della Madre Natura with a statue of Diana of Ephesus, the great nature goddess. Sculpted by Gillis van den Vliete in 1568, the statue was originally part of the Fountain of the Organ, but was relocated in the 17th century as it was felt to be overly pagan in appearance.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the Fontana della Civetta or Fountain of the owl, famous for using water power to produce birdsongs interrupted by the screech of an owl. Built by Giovanni Del Duca around 1567 to entertain Cardinal Ippolitos’s guests, the fountain niche details have been somewhat lost or are in ruin and they have been replaced by painted wooden panels to represent the original decoration.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Part View of the elaborate Fountain of Rometta designed by Pirro Ligorio and executed by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570 to represent ancient Rome. On this section of the semicircular theatre there (not shown here) is a stucco statue of the river God Aniene on the Tiburtine mountain summit, who holds in his right hand the circular Temple of Sybil. Below him, half-hidden in a grotto, Appenines holds the mountain from which is born the river whose water merges with the Tiber.One of the 398 water sprouts found in the gardens. Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy.One of the 398 water sprouts found in the gardens. Villa D’Este, Tivoli, Italy.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View along the Stairs of the Bollori which start from the Fish Ponds, towards the Avenue of the Dragons and then to the Avenue of the Hundred Fountains. Dating from the 16th century the stairs are flanked by squared pilasters with basins which to an ingenious hydraulic system, the water flowed from one basin to the next through the mouths of masks sculpted on one side of the each pilaster and thus reappeared in the next basin higher up generating the effect of the bollore or boiling. When it was operational it was considered by some to be the most beautiful aquatic scene in the entire villa.Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View over the level gardens and fishponds of the spectacular and cascading fountain of Neptune with its jets of water spurting up to 14 metres high. Above it on the terrace is the monumental fountain of the Organ.Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the spectacular and cascading fountain of Neptune with its jets of water spurting up to 14 metres high. Above it on the terrace is the monumental fountain of the Organ.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View through spurting water from the fountain of Neptune of the magnificent landscaped and lush level gardens and fishponds at the Villa d Este in Tivoli.Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the magnificent landscaped and lush level gardens and fishponds at the Villa d Este in Tivoli.Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View along the avenue of the hundred fountains or Le Cento Fontane at the Villa d’Este at the hill town of Tivoli. The wooded walkway is flanked on one side by over one hundred hand carved waterspouts jetting out cooling water into three overlaying canals.Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View along the avenue of the hundred fountains or Le Cento Fontane at the Villa d’Este at the hill town of Tivoli. The wooded walkway is flanked on one side by over one hundred hand carved waterspouts jetting out cooling water into three overlaying canals.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the grandiose Fontana dell’Ovato or Oval Fountain designed by Pirro Ligorio in the 16th century. Architecturally the fountain is articulated on several levels. There is a nymphaeum in the shape of a semi-circular recess, grottoes, and artificial mountains. A great oval pool extends in the back half of an arcaded semi-circle and niches inside this protect ten Nereids in stuccoed peperino. These are almost completely hidden by vegetation.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the grandiose Fontana dell’Ovato or Oval Fountain designed by Pirro Ligorio in the 16th century. Architecturally the fountain is articulated on several levels. There is a nymphaeum in the shape of a semi-circular recess, grottoes, and artificial mountains. A great oval pool extends in the back half of an arcaded semi-circle and niches inside this protect ten Nereids in stuccoed peperino. These are almost completely hidden by vegetation.Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the grandiose Fontana dell’Ovato or Oval Fountain designed by Pirro Ligorio in the 16th century. Architecturally the fountain is articulated on several levels. There is a nymphaeum in the shape of a semi-circular recess, grottoes, and artificial mountains. A great oval pool extends in the back half of an arcaded semi-circle and niches inside this protect ten Nereids in stuccoed peperino. These are almost completely hidden by vegetation.
