DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.68272#0212
THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
194
202.—THE ALLEY OF THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS.
disappeared with the glory
of Rome. The town,
though still possessing
some importance, was
squalid and poverty-
stricken, though f r o m
time to time the reigning
Pope or some great Roman
noble might seek a refuge
in the mouldering old
Castello striving to avoid
the exhausting heat of the
plains. It was in the
spring of 1549 that the
courtly and accomplished
young Cardinal of Ferrara,
Ippolito d’Este, was
named Governor of
Tivoli by Paul III. The
son of Alfonso I, Duke
of Ferrara, and Lucrezia
Borgia, he must not be
confused with his warlike and unscrupulous uncle of the same name, the brother of Isabella d’Este.
This Ippolito was her nephew, and had already shown all the diplomatic qualities of his famous
house. He had had a distinguished career as Ambassador to the Court of France, he was Bishop
of Siena, Abbot of Jervaulx, held half-a-dozen other French dignities, was deep in the confidence of
the Pope and of the leading Italian statesmen, and was known as a great patron of art and letters.
203.—BY THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS.
194
202.—THE ALLEY OF THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS.
disappeared with the glory
of Rome. The town,
though still possessing
some importance, was
squalid and poverty-
stricken, though f r o m
time to time the reigning
Pope or some great Roman
noble might seek a refuge
in the mouldering old
Castello striving to avoid
the exhausting heat of the
plains. It was in the
spring of 1549 that the
courtly and accomplished
young Cardinal of Ferrara,
Ippolito d’Este, was
named Governor of
Tivoli by Paul III. The
son of Alfonso I, Duke
of Ferrara, and Lucrezia
Borgia, he must not be
confused with his warlike and unscrupulous uncle of the same name, the brother of Isabella d’Este.
This Ippolito was her nephew, and had already shown all the diplomatic qualities of his famous
house. He had had a distinguished career as Ambassador to the Court of France, he was Bishop
of Siena, Abbot of Jervaulx, held half-a-dozen other French dignities, was deep in the confidence of
the Pope and of the leading Italian statesmen, and was known as a great patron of art and letters.
203.—BY THE HUNDRED FOUNTAINS.