Villa D'Este

Name	Villa D'Este
Place	Tivoli
Country	Italy
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Author(s)	Denise Ascione
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Villa d’Este was elected World Heritage site by the UNESCO on december 13 2001; - The Villa d’Este is one of the most outstanding examples of Renaissance culture at its apogee. - The gardens of the Villa d’Este had a profound influence on the development of garden design throughout Europe. - The principles of Renaissance design and aesthetics are illustrated in an exceptional manner by the gardens of the Villa d’Este. - The gardens of the Villa d’Este are among the earliest and finest of the giardini delle meraviglie and symbolize the flowering of Renaissance culture. - For centuries the Villa d'Este was a must in travellers' andartists' Grand Tours in Italy. It inspired, either directly or indirectly, painters, composers, and literary men from allcountries.

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Landscape and/or urban context

The Villa d’Este is situated in the historical centre of Tivoli on the west slope from the Tiburtini mountains, along the Anio river. The landscape and the health resources made Tivoli one of the most important strategic place. Inside the Barbarossa’s city walls on the south, there were slopes covered by gardens, vineyards, and a few of houses and churches making parte of the Valle Gaudente, so called because of the perfect harmony with nature. Since 1550, in about 30 years, the cardinal Ippolito d’Este bought and remodelled the land to create an ensemble composed by the Palace and the Gardens, who covers an area of about 4,5ha. in an uneven quadrilateral form. An underground channel was dug beneath the town to harness the water of the Anio river to supply the water needed for the numerous fountains embellishing the garden.

The middle ages urban structure underwent a remarkable transformation with the creation of a new streat, via dell’Inversata; so like the altimetric changing and the empty space from the garden modified the landscape appearance.

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