Galleria Borghese

One of the most gorgeous sights in Rome - the Galleria Borghese offers a richest collection of antique sculpture, statues of the period of Renaissance and marble groups and paintings by such artists as Raphael, Caravaggio, Titian, Antonello da Messina, Rubens, Cranach, Guido Reni, Lotto and Bassano.

The general floor offers classical antiquities of the 1st–3rd centuries and contains a renowned 320-30 AD mosaic of gladiators (1834), classical and neo-classical sculpture such as the Venus Victrix (above). Its decorative scheme offers a trompe l'oeil ceiling fresco, or Salone, by Mariano Rossi - the Sicilian artist.

Galleria Borghese can boast three magnificent busts by sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, two of Pope Paul V and a portrait of his first patron, Cardinal Scipione Borghese.

That’s important - only 200 people are allowed in at one time. Photography is banned.

Location:	Villa Borghese, Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5 Rome, Italy
Hours:	Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m
Phone:	+39 06 8548577