The original alley of fountains had more decoration, including small boats alternating with terra cotta vases along the upper canal, planted with fruit trees; and the wall was decorated with sculptural plaques showing scenes from the To descend to the next level, there are stairs at either end – the elaborate fountain complex called the This terrace is united to the next by the central Fountain of the Dragons, dominating the central perspective of the gardens, erected for a visit in 1572 of The boat with an obelisk mast, symbolizing the Tiburtina island in the Tiber, below the statue of Rome Triumphant The fountain itself was made by the French fountain engineer Luc Leclerc and his nephew Claude Venard. It needed constant repair due to the action of the water on its delicate mechanism, and by the 19th century were completely ruined. The space was originally occupied by a rocky cascade, created in the 17th century by In 1632 the Duke of Modena, in charge of the Villa, entirely remodeled the ponds. In the center of the terrace, attached to the facade of the villa, is the double loggia, made in 1566–1577 of travertine stone. The decorative elements of the fountain were completely restored in the 1930s, and restored again in 2001–2002, During the restoration work of 2001–02, the workers found some of the original mechanism that produced the bird songs, including the wind chamber, the tubes that moved the air and water, and the machinery that made the owl move. Compared with other fountains in the garden, it is very formal, placed on a terrace surrounded by walls with niches, crowned with the white eagles and lily symbols of the d'Este. The statue of the Sibyl Albunensa over the fountain, and the artificial mountains behind it. The water is supplied by the The Fountain of the Tripod, with the view of the garden below It went first through a series of whirlpools, which mixed air with the water; then it dropped down a pipe into the ‘’camera aeolia’’, or wind chamber, where the air and water were separated; the water turned a wheel, rotating a cylinder which opened the valves of the twenty-two pipes, so the air could pass through the pipes and make the music. Two ramps lead down to the upper garden from Fountain of the Tripod, and there are symmetrical double flights of stairs at either end. His successors, the Dukes of Modena, made further additions to the gardens. In September 1555, however, he was accused of The plans for the villa itself were carried out under the direction of the Ferrarese architect-engineer The frantic work on the project began to slow in 1569, probably due to the financial difficulties of the Cardinal, who had no more hope of being elected Pope and had lost his lucrative French positions. The fountain was designed by Pirro Ligorio and built by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570. As a second son, Ippolito was destined for a career in the church; he was named archbishop of Milan when he was only ten years old. Each bird sang an individual song, produced by piped water and air. Title: Avenue of the Hundred Fountains, Villa d'Este, Tivoli Location: The Hundred Fountains, 00019 Tivoli, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy Depicted Location: The Hundred Fountains, 00019 Tivoli, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy The water is captured by the second canal, which feeds it into spouts in the form of masks, from which it reaches the lower canal. The fountain is structured on three plans in which the waters of three "rivers" slide symbolically. Villa d'Este: Villa with a hundred fountains! This fountain also produced music, thanks to an ingenious automaton made by the French fountain engineer Luc Leclerc, installed in 1566, before the Fountain of the Organ on the other side of the garden.