About The Borghese Gallery
What you have to do in the Borghese Gallery and Park
The Borghese Park which is the largest park in Rome is a place to experience freshness. Let’s get out of the art museum and walk around. You can also go up to Pincho Hill which is located at the end of the park. Besides, the view of the plaza below as well as the view of Rome is very nice, If you’re going to the Borghese Museum of Art in Rome, let’s go up together.
Why should I go to the Borghese Gallery
There are a lot of paintings in Rome, like the Vatican Museums. You can see Renaissance art as well as Baroque art. Tiziano’s “Sex and inner love,” Canova’s “Napoleon’s Sister,” and Botticelli’s “The Virgin Mary” are very popular in this museum. It is also display ingnot only paintings but also sculptures, making it rich in attractions.
What you must see in Borghese Gallery
Bernini - Apollo and Daphne
Among the sculptures of the Borghese Museum, the most famous works are Bernini's works. Especially, Apollo and Daphne which is a 2.25-meter-high sculpture. It is worth making the viewer to look up.
Tiziano - Sacred and Profane Love
For example, this is a one of paintings from a Venetian aristocrat who gave it to his bride as a wedding present. It's scale is a quite large more than 3m. The two beauties in the work symbolize platonic love. This painting is famous for its colour mystery shown by Ticiano. Paintings depicted in vivid colours fascinate us.
Some tips for you
Only 80 people per hour are admitted to come in the Borghese Museum. Therefore, reservation is mandatory in advance.
following schedule:
● 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
● 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
● 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
● 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
● 5 p.m. -7 p.m.