Now and then
leaving our holiday residence (see previous post), one of the places we visited
was Tivoli and the famous Villa d’Este with its gardens. (There is a lot more
to see in and around Tivoli, but we arrived rather late in the afternoon - not
easy to get the kids out of the swimming-pool.)
The Villa
d’Este was created during the second half of the 16th century by the
son of the famous Lucrezia Borgia (and grandson of Pope Alexander VI).
The villa…
… has some
fantastic frescoes …
… from
where you can overlook the splendid gardens. The design of the garden, on a
heavy slope, and the hydraulic installations (actually somehow copied from what
the Romans did several centuries earlier) inspired for long many garden
architects all over Europe.
Apart from
the fantastic beauty of the place, the fresh water appearing all over is
perfectly welcome a sunny and hot Italian summer day.
After
having been neglected for a while, but restored during the 19th
century and finally taken over and further restored by the Italian State in
1920, the villa and the garden are now listed as a UNESCO world heritage site
and have been celebrated by poets, painters and musicians, including by Franz Liszt,
who was a frequent guest and wrote “Les Jeux d’Eau à la Villa d’Este”, here interpreted
by George Cziffra.
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24 comments:
une tres belle visite, j'aime beaucoup la premiere photo avec la fontaine
Great post (as usual)! Imagine having to live with all that grandeur!
The Villa, the pictures and the music is great ( " todo maravilloso")
Thanks, merci, gracias, Peter.
Its a pleasure to be here in your blog.
Besos. :-)
Magnificent! :-)
What a magnificent palace! Years ago, I visited the Pitti Palace, but this Borgia estate looks even more beautiful than the one in Florence. Thank you for the wonderful photos, Peter.
Beautiful. Especially like the first photo.
Italy filled of glamour!Very elegant palace and the garden is magnificent!
Great pictures dear Peter,
Léia
Is that place for rent, could be a nice holiday resort :D
Bel endroit, aussi bienà écouter les jets d'eau de Liszt.
OMG, beatiful there!
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Fabuloso.
And did you have to drag the kids out of the fountains as well?? :) Great photos of a stunning place. The music was the perfect accompaniment.
V
Mon Dieu, Peter. The place visits like an Italian Versailles palace! The art! The gardens! The fountains! So grand and luxurious... J'adore. Thanks to your photos, I feel I have been there too. Merci! Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
And, who wouldn't be inspired by a place like this. In some sense it is really sensory overload, and would probably take several visits to fully explore the grandeur of this place.
A beautiful place and a great tour.
Quelle chance d'avoir pu visiter la villa et les jardins à l'italienne... Un lieu bien poétique. La Renaissance telle que je l'aime :-)
This place looks amazingly surreal! You did great in capturing the scenery. Absolutely gorgeous. How did you find this place? Can anybody visit it at anytime of the year? Do you have to have some kind of passes? Do we have to pay for them, if we do, how much?
Beautiful photographs, beautiful places, I like to admire such a magnificent views. I am greeting
What a place! The painted ceilings are just gorgeous. Also love the water shots. Well done, Peter.
What a beautiful place! The frescoes are amazing!
de l'eau , des jardins , de l'art et de la musique et bien sur des photos un plaisir des sens
J'aimerais y être pensionnaire quelques temps... Mais c'est plus au sud que nous allons fin septembre, au bord de l'Adriatique...
and to think that the Borgias was only what i've seen from tv series or the hype version of M. Puzo's book,
the villa is just stunning,
i love the painted frescoes and those details. ^0^
Hi Peter! It looks like you are having a great time on this trip! What an amazing place, both inside and outside the building! I wish I knew about this place when I was in Roma 2 years ago and on my way to Firenze! Next time I'm in Italy I'll have to make a stop in Tivoli! Super beautiful place and just perfect for a hot summer day. Enjoy your trip and thanks for sharing this with us!
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