Villa d'Este, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, represents a masterpiece of the Italian garden with the impressive concentration of fountains, nymphaeums, caves, water games and hydraulic music.
Commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, the Villa was almost completed upon his death in 1572. The architectural and iconological program was conceived by Pirro Ligorio and realized by Alberto Galvani. The palace was decorated by the protagonists of late Roman mannerism. Further interventions in the 17th century followed a period of decline, until the cardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe revived its splendor by hosting the musician Franz Liszt. The Villa was acquired by the Italian State, restored and opened to the public between the 1920s and 1930s.
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