Tivoli, Fountains

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Here's Emmy, enjoying the water falls.
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As we drove through the town of Tivoli we noticed water gates that diverted the Aniene River into a canal. The water was then directed to the double tunnel through the hill, to supply the fountains and miniature waterfalls in the gardens of Villa d’Este. The hundreds of fountains and waterfalls use gravity, natural water pressure — no pumps are involved.
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Once a Benedictine convent, the terraced gardens of Villa d’Este are still alive with gushing fountains, waterfalls and fish ponds, something we will never forget. The gardens extend over seven acres, and it would take pages to describe the seven hundred fountains and cascades that remain, let alone the two thousand that were built a few hundred years ago.

Some Villa d’Este fountains send water very high, some are water falls, and at one place one hundred small fountains line a walkway. Someone was able to design and build a fountain that played an organ. The falling water forced air to escape through organ pipes, and a jet of water played the keys. Years ago, after someone tried to repair the organ, it suffered from the TLC (Terrible Loving Care), and has not worked since.
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