Talk:Villa d'Este
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The side-by-side juxtaposition of the two graphics at the top of the article potentially could be misleading. At a glance, they look like ancient and modern depictions of the same vista. In fact, the one on the left shows the main axis of the garden, with the villa itself at the top, while the righthand one shows a cross-axis leading to the Water Organ. If I weren't such a newbie, I'd try rearranging the pics.Rivertorch06:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That was quick! Thanks.Rivertorch17:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Villa d'Este is the most famous of all the Renaissance and Mannerist residences in Europe. Villa d'Este was the pleasure palace of Lucrezia Borgia's son. With its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at its most refined.
Its innovative design along with the architectural components in the garden (elaborate gravity fed fountains, ornamental basins, etc.) make this a unique example of an Italian 16th-century garden. The Villa d'Este, one of the first giardini delle meraviglie, was an early model for the development of European gardens. In 1885, Lizt stayed in the villa, which inspired the piece `Fountains of the Villa d'Este`. Both of the villas are a UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Tivoli is a hill town not very far from Rome. I visited Villa d' Este when I was 8 years old and it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited while traveling around Europe with my parents. This is one experience that will never be fogotten, it stays with me always.
I'm removing the link to the Flickr site. They are very nice photos, some taken from rarely employed angles, but there are myriad photo collections of Villa d'Este on Flickr, Webshots, and other photo sites, and there's no particular reason why this collection should be singled out here. It's also worth noting that it includes personal photos with close-ups of identifiable people. Now, if someone would upload to one of these photo-sharing sites a comprehensive collection of the gardens with each photo fully and correctly captioned, and no people except incidental and distant, that would be worth linking to.Rivertorch04:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The change in article name slipped by without my noticing and without discussion. The Villa d'Este of this article is a UNESCO site and, by any standard, a unique place of enormous importance historically and architecturally. Theother Villa d'Este, while certainly noteworthy in its own right, is, at the end of the day, a hotel. It also has only a bare-bones stub of an article, while this one's article is well developed. Even if the hotel's article is fleshed out considerably, there is likely to always be a big discrepancy between the articles in terms of length, quality of references, and scholarly interest.
I propose that, instead of having a disambiguation page called Villa d'Este, this article should be returned to its old name of Villa d'Este, with a hatnote added to link to the hotel's article. There's no rush but I think it should end up that way.Rivertorch (talk)05:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Right, I have moved it, but the history seems to have stopped here, amyone know how to move that too?Giano (talk)10:36, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But there is not an{{Other uses}} either.
To see an list of encyclopedic place named "Villa d'Este", look atit:Villa d'Este. The one at Cernobbio is very well know.--Mezze stagioni (talk)14:12, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
