Book Private Guided Tour Borghese Gallery

Located in the quiet of the Borghese Gardens, the museum started by cardinal Scipione Borghese is one of the most incredible gathering of art treasures in the world.

In the rooms, still preserving the 18th century decoration, is kept the priceless collection of ancient roman statues, works by Bernini, and paintings by the likes of Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian.

The Borghese Mansion was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese to Flaminio Ponzio and Vasanzio and built between 1613 and 1614. Site of Cardinal Borghese's art collection, its extraordinary masterpieces contributed to make it renowned all over Europe.

The museum houses an important collection of works by Bernini, Raphael, Caravaggio and Canova, whose Victorious Venus (1805), internationally known as Paolina Bonaparte, is the most famous piece in the museum and virtually its symbol.

The collection is arranged over two floors and around 20 decorated rooms; the lower floor mainly dedicated to sculpture; the upper floor to paintings.
 

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What you will see

• Villa Borghese Gardens