Galleria Borghese is housed in a villa once used for elegant private parties. The art gallery contains a substantial part of a collection of paintings and sculptures amassed by Scipione Borghese, a 17th-century cardinal and art patron. Borghese was an early benefactor of artists Caravaggio and Bernini. You can explore 20 rooms across two floors. The main floor is mostly devoted to the period between the first and the third centuries, featuring mosaics of gladiators and several sculptures. In other sections of the gallery, you can see works by such artists as Canova, Raphael, Correggio, Titian, Rubens, and Veronese. An advance ticket, which you can book on the gallery's website, is required. Our Rome trip itinerary tool makes visiting Galleria Borghese and other Rome attractions simple, and helps you make a travel plan personal to you.
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I signed up for small timed guided tour in English. I enjoyed the collection immensely, especially the sculpture. The collection ( in Italy they are collections, not museums like the Louvre) was...
I signed up for small timed guided tour in English. I enjoyed the collection immensely, especially the sculpture. The collection ( in Italy they are collections, not museums like the Louvre) was... more »
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You need to book a timed slot to visit this gallery - please be careful, a couple just ahead of us had mistakenly booked for March instead of February and it did not look like they were getting...
You need to book a timed slot to visit this gallery - please be careful, a couple just ahead of us had mistakenly booked for March instead of February and it did not look like they were getting... more »
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Gem of a museum! The highlights of Bernini are of course at the beginning of the visit, but be sure to continue on as this museum has so many great works. There's a few seats throughout, so make sure to just sit and take it all in. When visiting, it's the first building you see when you get into the park area. We walked right past it as it was quite unassuming. The park area is very nice to walk around in as well!
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Not very big. I think 4/5 exhibition rooms. But artistically decorated and visually pleasing wall paintings. The ticket costs 15 euros. I came on Tuesday but all the tickets for that day were sold out, so I bought a ticket for the next day. You can get access 10 minutes before the time slot written in the ticket. It's better to boom early if you are on a tight schedule.
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