The villa represents the highest artistic expression of the antiquarian garden concept in the Renaissance. The innovative design, the extraordinariness of the architectural works, and the genius of the artists and intellectuals who worked there have left imprints on the fountains, grottoes, nymphaeums, basins, and decorations, making it a relevant and unique example of the dialogue between artifice and nature that characterised the 16th century. Perhaps the most famous of the ‘wonder gardens’, it has been a model for developing European gardens. For this reason, the site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.