Estate in Tivoli near Rome with
buildings, fountains, and terraced gardens designed (1550) by the Mannerist
architect Pirro Ligorio for the governor Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. Before
being confiscated as his residence, the property had been a Benedictine
convent.
Franz Liszt occupied the top
floor from 1865 until his death in 1886. Today the villa itself is less
noteworthy than the spacious park and the magnificent fountains, which are
supplied with water by two canals dug especially for the purpose.