Villa Borghese
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Villa Borghese may refer to:
- The Villa Borghese Pinciana ("BorgheseBorgheseBorghese is the surname of a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century holding offices under the commune. The head of the family, Marcantonio, moved to Rome in the 16th century and there,...
villa on the Pincian HillPincian HillThe Pincian Hill is a hill in the northeast quadrant of the historical center of Rome. The hill lies to the north of the Quirinal, overlooking the Campus Martius...
"), the villaVillaA villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
built by the architect Flaminio PonzioFlaminio PonzioFlaminio Ponzio was an Italian architect during the late-Renaissance or so-called Mannerist period, serving in Rome as the architect for Pope Paul V.Ponzio was born in Viggiù near Varese, and he died in Rome...
(and, after his death, finished by his assistant Giovanni VasanzioGiovanni VasanzioGiovanni Vasanzio or Jan van Santen was a Dutch-born architect, garden designer and engraver who spent his mature career in Rome, where he arrived in the 1580s...
), developing sketches by Scipione BorgheseScipione BorgheseScipione Borghese was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini...
, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collectionBorghese collectionThe Borghese Collection is a collection of Roman sculptures, old masters and modern art collected by the Roman Borghese family, especially Cardinal Scipione Borghese, from the 17th century on. It includes major collections of Caravaggio, Raphael, and Titian, and of ancient Roman art...
.- The Galleria BorgheseGalleria BorgheseThe Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. It is a building that was from the first integral with its gardens, nowadays considered quite separately by tourists as the Villa Borghese gardens...
which now occupies the above. - The Villa Borghese gardensVilla Borghese gardensVilla Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums and attractions. It is the second largest public park in Rome after that of the Villa Doria Pamphili...
, the gardens in which the above villa is sited
- The Galleria Borghese
- Any other villas held by the BorgheseBorgheseBorghese is the surname of a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century holding offices under the commune. The head of the family, Marcantonio, moved to Rome in the 16th century and there,...
family - Villa Borghese (film)Villa Borghese (film)It Happened in the Park is a 1953 film directed by Vittorio de Sica and Gianni Franciolini. The film consists of six vignettes set in the Villa Borghese gardens in Rome.-Cast:* Maurizio Arena - Gemma* Eloisa Cianni - Elviara...
a 1953 Italian film directed by Vittorio de SicaVittorio de SicaVittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.... - The Villa is featured in the Eidos videogame Hitman 2.
External links
- A 3D reconstruction of the decorated facades on the Louvre's web site