The design of these gardens is a rich
example of the architecture of the 17th century.
It consists of terraces following the hill's slope and it
alternates parts with geometrical shaped plants with wilder ones
extending behind the palace with woods of cypresses and oaks.
The path of the garden's walks around the palace was
elliptical while on its front there was a series of flower-beds
around a square where once arrived the coaches. Nowadays there
are the terraces with Italian flower-beds and huge planes. The
paths flanked by balustrades with great vessels containing citrus
plants and myrtles lead to the four great fountains, among which
the major one has a front in Ionic style with a niche to sign
the end of the straight entrance path.
Francesco d'Este wrote about it in 1601 "...il luogo
per la bellezza del sito, per le fabbriche, per l'acque, per
li giardini, per la diversità e bizzarria de' viali...
è il più bello di quanti m'abbia mai veduti"
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