Borghese Gallery Tickets and Information

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Villa Borghese, Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5, 00197, Roma, Italy

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Popular Borghese Gallery Ticket Options

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Borghese Gallery: Reserved Entrance

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What's Included

• From: €17.99 (around US$26.00) - prices do vary depending on time of year.
• Access to the Borghese Gallery
• Access to temporary exhibitions (if available)

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Borghese Gallery: Fast Track Ticket

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What's Included

• From: €27.00 (around US$30.00) - prices do vary depending on time of year.
• Fast Track entrance tickets to the Borghese Gallery
• Access to temporary exhibitions (if available)
• Audio guide, if option selected (available in French, Italian and English)

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Borghese Gallery: Skip The Line Ticket

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What's Included

• From: €24.00 (around US$26.00) - prices do vary depending on time of year.
• Skip-the-line entry to the Borghese Gallery
• Assistance at the meeting point (host)

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FUN FACT: The Borghese Gallery was initially built to house the extensive art collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a nephew of Pope Paul V.

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About Borghese Gallery

The Borghese Gallery, Rome is located in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana, a 17th century villa that was commissioned by the Cardinal Scipione Borghese, who was the nephew of Pope Paul V.

The Borghese family owned the property until 1902 at which point the Italian government purchased the property and then turned it into a public museum.

The Borghese Gallery is home to one of the largest private art collections in the world, and includes paintings, sculptures and antiques. Due to the collection the gallery is one of Rome’s most popular attractions and also one of the busiest and to assist with that, our tickets come with a designated timeslot.

The Borghese Gallery hosts an incredible collection of works including ancient Roman pieces, Renaissance pieces as well as Baroque art. With master pieces on show from the likes of Caravaggio's 'Saint Jerome Writing', Raphael’s 'Deposition' and Titan’s 'Sacred and Profane Love' as well as 'David' and 'Apollo and Daphne' by Bernini, 'The Rape of Proserpina' along with Canova’s semi-nude 'Venus Victrix' a sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix, can also be found here.

The collection also includes an impressive collection of ancient mosaics, frescoes and decorative arts curated by the Borghese family, or ‘The House of Borghese’ as the family was known. A wealthy and noble family that moved to Rome in the 16^th century.

They grew the collection to a point whereby it no longer fitted in their property which meant they had to move it and thus became the 'Galleria Borghese' which sits in Villa Borghese Park, which was part of their family estate.

Because of the location of the gallery it also has the added bonus of being surrounded by beautiful gardens which themselves attract the public and its common to visit the gallery and then go for a peaceful walk around the gardens after.

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FUN FACT: The Borghese Family and Napoleon Bonaparte are related due to Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte marrying a member of the Borghese family.

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Popular Pieces in the collection include:

• Caravaggio's "David with the Head of Goliath"
• Caravaggio's "Boy with a Basket of Fruit"
• Raphael's "Deposition of Christ"
• Titian's "Sacred and Profane Love"
• Jacopo Bassano's "Last Supper"
• Troy's "Aeneas Fleeing"
• Raphael's "La Fornarina"
• Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne"
• Bernini's "David"
• Canova's "Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix"
• Bernini's "The Rape of Proserpina"
• Caravaggio's "Madonna and Child with St. Anne"
• Caravaggio's "Young Sick Bacchus"
• Bernini's "Neptune"
• Bernini's "Statues of Black Hunters Truth Unveiled with Time"
• Bernini's "Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius"
• Bernini's "Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese"

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FUN FACT: The Borghese Gallery is named after its founding family!

Useful Information About Borghese Gallery Rome

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Borghese Gallery Opening Hours

• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday: 09:00 - 19:00
• Wednesday: 09:00 - 19:00
• Thursday: 09:00 - 19:00
• Friday: 09:00 - 19:00
• Saturday: 09:00 - 19:00
• Sunday: 09:00 - 19:00

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How to get to Borghese Gallery

• Borghese Gallery is located in Villa Borghese Rome.
• The Borghese Gallery Address is: Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5, 00197, Roma, Italy.
• Bus Stops: Pinciana/Museo Borghese Stop followed by a short walk to the gallery. Galleria Borghese stop using the 116 bus.
• Train: You can get off at Piazza di Spagna or Barberini Metro Station and then walk to the gallery.

Borghese Gallery Fun Facts

1. The structure of the Borghese Gallery was built in the 17th century having been commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese and is located in one of Rome's largest park's, called the Villa Borghese Gardens.
2. The Cardinal worked as private secretary for his Uncle (Pope Paul V) and he was able to make his fortune by collecting tax on behalf of the Pope which enabled him to build the incredible estate and indulge in his passion of art, which is how the Borghese Collection started.
3. Some of the Borghese Collection was actually moved to France in the early 19th century as one of the Borghese family (Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese) married Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte and some of those pieces now live at the Louvre.
4. The ceiling of the main room on the main floor was painted by Mariano Rossi and is incredible and depicts Marcus Furius Camillus Fighting Brennus and his Gauls, while Romulus Entreats Jupiter to Help Rome.
5. The gallery occasionally hosts classical music concerts and performances, adding a cultural dimension to the visit.
6. During the Napoleonic era, many artworks from the Borghese collection were confiscated and taken to France even though the two families were linked by marriage! Some were later returned after Napoleon's fall.
7. One of Raphael's finest masterpieces is also on show at the Borghese Gallery - 'Entombment of Christ'.