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"The Borghese Gallery (Italian: 'Galleria Borghese') 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. The Galleria Borghese houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621). The Villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese himself, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa at the edge of Rome.
Scipione Borghese was an early patron of Bernini and an avid collector of works by Caravaggio, who is well represented in the collection by his Boy with a Basket of Fruit, St. Jerome, Sick Bacchus and others. Other paintings of note include Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Raphael's Entombment of Christ and works by Peter Paul Rubens and Federico Barocci."
Tickets
IMPORTANT: Reservation required !
No exchange, refund or cancellation of tickets is allowed. Service charges are not refundable under any circumstance.
Starting from June 4th, all groups composed by more than 4 persons escorted by a guide must wear an audioreceiver/headphone.
The devices can be rented at this service only for the visit of Borghese Gallery at the cost of 1 Euro per person. The guide and the escort are free of charge. The use of external devices must not interphere with the internal devices.
(*) Full price € 11,00 (+ € 2,00 mandatory service charge)
(*) Reduced € 5,50 (+ € 2,00 mandatory service charge)
- European Union citizens between 18 and 25 years old
- European Union full-time public school teachers
(*) Free € 0,00 (+ € 2,00 mandatory service charge)
- European Union citizens younger than 18 years old
- European Union citizens older than 65 years old
- European Union students and teachers of Arts, History of Arts or Architecture courses
- European Union full-time public school teachers
- ICOM members
- European Union schools with teachers by reservation
- Journalists only by showing valid membership card
(*) Free € 0,00
- European Union citizens with handicap with accompanist
- European Union tourist guides
- European Union interpreters
(*) including mandatory service charge
When a special exhibition is held in the Museum, the price of the ticket may be increased.
The price difference must be paid at the ticket office.