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Monuments
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CAMPIDOGLIO
The Capitol was from ancient times a nerve-centre for the... |
PIAZZA NAVONA
It rises on the ancient Domitian Stadium, whose elliptic... |
CIRCO MASSIMO
Circo Massimo was a structure built for people's fun and... |
COLOSSEO
Its true name is Anfiteatro Flavio, everybody knows it by... |
FORI IMPERIALI
The Imperial Forums are composed with: Caesar's Forum,... |
FORO ROMANO
The forum was, for the roman culture, the aggregation point... |
PANTHEON
Pantheon is one of the greatest, the most majestic and best... |
PIAZZA COLONNA
In the middle of Via del Corso is Marco Aurelio's Column,... |
PIAZZA ESEDRA
Piazza della Repubblica, better known as Piazza Esedra,... |
PIAZZA VENEZIA
This famous square stands at the foot of the Capitol and... |
SAN PIETRO
San Peter's Basilica is situated in Città del Vaticano, the... |
SINAGOGA
It's the biggest synagogue in Rome, focal point of the most... |
VIA VENETO
One of the most famous and celebrated streets existing in... |
VIALLA BORGHESE
One of the most beautiful villas in Rome, whose project was... |
CAMPO DE' FIORI
This square is famous to have been for a long time the place... |
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VIALLA BORGHESE
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Description
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One of the most beautiful villas in Rome, whose project was ordered by Scipione (nephew of Paolo V Borghese) at the beginning of the XVII century. Inside the park, among fountains, architectures, statues, monuments, breathless views, you could spend a whole day without realizing it. A walk among the most beautiful in the world.
On the top of the villa Casino Borghese stands, built by the Dutch architect Vasanzio and restored by Marcantonio Borghese; in this elegant building Borghese Museum and Borghese Gallery are located. The collections housed here regard artistic works (sculptures and paintings). Inside you can see the excellent masterpieces by Canova and by Bernini: Paolina Borghese wonderful work by Canova, David with the sling, Apollo and Daphne triumph of Berninian art.
Among the works shown in Borghese Gallery you can find masterpieces by Titian, Raphael and Caravaggio.
If you are not interested in artistic splendors, the villa offers anyway some fun and amusements in the green of nature.
It can be considered the most important green lung of the city. Children will absolutely have to go to "bioparco" (the former zoo), housed inside the big villa. |
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