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Day Trips Around Rome Tiber Island with allegorical
figures and the legendary she-
wolf. The Rometta is at one end
of the Viale delle Cento Fontane,
100 fountains in the shapes of
grotesques, obelisks, ships, and
the eagles of the d’Este coat of
arms. Other fountains are now
being restored to their former
glory. The Fontana dell’Organo
is a water-organ, in which the
force of the water pumps air
through the pipes. The garden’s
lowest level has flower beds and
fountains and splendid views
out over the plain below.
Tivoli, a favorite place to escape the heat of the Roman summer
o Tivoli medieval houses. The Duomo
(cathedral) houses a beautiful
20 miles (31 km) northeast of Rome.
V from Tiburtina. @ COTRAL from 13th-century life-size wooden
Ponte Mammolo (on Metro line B). group repre senting the
Deposition from the Cross.
Tivoli has been a popular
summer resort since the days of
the Roman Republic. Among the p Villa d’Este
famous men who owned villas Piazza Trento 5, Tivoli. Tel 0774-332 920.
here were the poets Catullus and @ COTRAL from Ponte Mammolo (on
Horace, Caesar’s assassins Brutus Metro line B). Open 8:30am–approx
and Cassius, and the Emperors 1 hour before sunset Tue–Sun; also
Trajan and Hadrian. Tivoli’s main 8:30pm–midnight (last adm: 11pm) Fri
attractions were its clean air and & Sat in summer. Closed Jan 1, Dec 25.
beautiful location on the slopes & (free 1st Sun in month) -
of the Tiburtini hills, its healthy ∑ villadestetivoli.info
sulfur springs, and the waterfalls
of the Aniene – the Emperor The villa occupies the site of an
Augustus said these had cured old Benedictine convent. In the
him of insomnia. The Romans’ 16th century the estate was
luxurious lifestyle was revived developed by Cardinal Ippolito
in Renaissance times by the d’Este, son of Lucrezia Borgia. Terrace of 100 Fountains in the gardens
owners of the Villa d’Este, the A palace was designed by Pirro of Villa d’Este
town’s most famous sight. Ligorio to make the most of its
In the Middle Ages, Tivoli hilltop site, but the villa’s fame
suffered frequent invasions; its rests more on the terraced a Villa Gregoriana
position made it an ideal base gardens and fountains laid out by Largo Sant’Angelo, Tivoli. V @ Tivoli,
for an advance on Rome. In 1461 Ligorio and Giacomo della Porta. then short walk. Tel 0774-332 650.
Pope Pius II built a fortress The gardens have suffered Open Mar & mid-Oct–mid-Dec:
here, the Rocca Pia, neglect in the past, but 10am–4pm Tue–Sun; Apr–mid-Oct:
declaring: “It is easier the grottoes and 10am–6:30pm Tue–Sun (last adm:
to regain Rome while fountains still give a 1 hour before closing). 8 9
possessing Tivoli, than vivid impression of the
to regain Tivoli while great luxury that the The main attractions of this
possessing Rome.” princes of the church steeply sloping park are the
After suffering enjoyed. From the waterfalls and grottoes created
heavy bomb great loggia of the by the Aniene River. The park is
damage in 1944, palace you descend named after Pope Gregory XVI,
Tivoli’s main to the Grotto of who in the 1830s ordered the
buildings and Diana and Bernini’s building of a tunnel to protect
churches were Fontana del against flooding. This tunnel
speedily restored. Bicchierone. Below created a new waterfall, called
The town’s cobble- to the right is the the Grande Cascata, which
stone streets are Detail of Fontana Rometta (little plunges 525 ft (160 m) into
still lined with dell’Organo at Villa d’Este Rome), a model of the valley behind the town.

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