Villa d'Este Tivoli
La villa d'Este di Tivoli è un capolavoro del Rinascimento italiano e figura nella lista dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO. La villa fu voluta dal cardinale Ippolito II d'Este, figlio di Alfonso I e di Lucrezia Borgia (Ferrara 1509 - Tivoli 1572). I lavori della Villa furono affidati all'architetto Pirro Ligorio (autore anche del Parco dei Mostri a Bomarzo) affiancato da un numero impressionante di artisti ed artigiani
The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden. The Villa d'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia and grandson of Pope Alexander VI. |
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Pirro Ligorio, who was responsible for the iconographic programs worked out in the villa's frescos, was also commissioned to lay out the gardens for the villa, with the assistance of Tommaso Chiruchi of Bologna, one of the most skilled hydraulic engineers of the sixteenth century; Chiruchi had worked on the fountains at Villa Lante. At Villa d'Este he was assisted in the technical designs for the fountains by a Frenchman, Claude Venard, who was a manufacturer of hydraulic organs.