It was a rainy day in Italy on this Friday. We were glad it wasn’t freezing though. Our first stop was Tivoli Gardens at Villa D’Este. We started in the Villa itself. The central courtyard had some beautiful
flowers in it. The ceilings were very
similar to the ones inside Villa Farnese in Caprarola. But like Villa Farnese, there was not much
else to see inside. When we reached the
doors to enter the gardens none of us wanted to be inside anymore. The gardens were amazing!! I think because it
was raining it made the colors of the garden pop even more than they usually
would.
Just like Villa Lante, Tivoli Gardens are a progression from
top to bottom. However the water does
not flow continuously from fountain to fountain in these gardens. I wish I could remember all the names of the
fountains. There were so many of them, and they were all so amazing! There is
one that extends the entire length of the gardens. I could go on and on, but I
think I will just load up on pictures to show you.
After Tivoli, we took a quick drive to Villa Adriana. Known in English as Hadrien’s Villa, the
Villa covered over 100 acres of space. In
the hour that we were there, we saw only a small part of it. It is mostly ruins, so it was not as amazing
to me as the Tivoli Gardens were, but it may have also been that the weather
had taken a bad turn and it had gotten really crappy outside.
On our way back to Orvieto, we stopped at The Jubilee Church by Richard Meier. This church is very different from the old churches we have been seeing our whole time here, so it was a nice change in pace to see a modern building.
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