The Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese) is housed in the Villa Borghese Pinciana, built by architect Flaminio Ponzio in 1612.
The Villa Pinciana was built as a museum by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V, to house fine examples of ancient and modern art.
The Gallery has a permanent collection and also special exhibitions.
Highlights include major works by Raphael, Rubens, Titian, Caravaggio, Bernini, Antonello da Messina and Canova.
Times and Prices
Tues - Sun: 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Price: 12.50 Euro
Ticket reservation is mandatory
Tel: 0039 06 32810.
Admission is strictly reduced at only 360 persons every 2 hours (mandatory exit at the end of time slot)
NOTE: It is compulsory to deposit every kind of bag, purse, camera, video camera, umbrella in the Cloakroom
Location
Piazzale Museo Borghese
off Via Pinciana
(Within the Borghese Park)
How to Get There
METRO RED A LINE: Spagna
(follow the signs for Villa Borghese)
External Link
Official Web Site
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