Hadrian's Villa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising the ruins and archaeological remains of a large villa complex built around AD 120 by Roman emperor Hadrian near Tivoli outside Rome.
A model of Hadrian's Villa
The villa's recreation area known as Canopus, as seen from the temple of Serapis
The Villa d'Este is a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and especially for its profusion of fountains. It is now an Italian state museum, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Aerial view of Villa d'Este
Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, creator of the Villa d'Este and its gardens
The Villa and gardens in 1560–1575
Park of the Villa d'Este, Carl Blechen, 1830. The overgrown garden appealed to the Romantic imagination; today this same view is once again manicured.