Villa Borghese

The history of the Borghese Gallery begins in 1660 with Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, who was very famous for having commissioned great public works, such as the many fountains which still embellish Rome, and for this reason he was called "Pontefice Massimo" by his contemporaries

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The Galleria Borghese (English: Borghese Gallery) is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction.

Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres) after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada.