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Villa d'Este
The Villa d'Este is a 16th‑century Renaissance villa in Tivoli, Italy, renowned for its terraced hillside gardens and complex system of fountains, basins and waterworks. Commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, it combines a decorated residential villa with formal garden compartments, nymphaea and hydraulic features and is now an Italian state museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Its prime
1572
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1572
What Villa d'Este looked like in its prime.
A multi-level Renaissance villa set into a steep terraced hillside, faced in pale carved stone and stucco with a monumental sculpted nymphaeum façade behind a balustraded terrace. Water descends in sheet waterfalls and vertical jets over stone cascades into lower basins; carved statues and deep niches punctuate the white stone frontage. The terraces are framed by cypress and clipped beds, with ochre-painted townhouses and terra-cotta roofs visible behind the villa.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1572.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Villa d'Este — including 3 interiors: courtyard and fountain of venus, entrance foyer with painted vault, hall of the stories of solomon. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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