Villa Borghese: the 19th century "Temple of Aesculapius" built purely as a landscape feature, influenced by the lake at Stourhead, Wiltshire, England.

Villa Borghese is a large landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the second largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 148 acres) after that of the Villa Doria Pamphili. Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy Picture taken by User:Abelson in March 2004. ... Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy Picture taken by User:Abelson in March 2004. ... The Temple of Apollo high on a hill overlooking the gardens. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Location within Province of Rome in the Region of Latium Coordinates: Region Latium Porvince Province of Rome Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... The Villa Borghese Pinciana (begun 1605) houses the Galleria Borghese. ... Villa Doria Pamphili, on the Gianicolo, the Roman Janiculum, is the largest (180 hectares) public landscaped park of Rome, bought in 1965–1971 by the City of Rome from the Doria-Pamphilj family—the family favor the orthography of the long i. ...

History

In 1605, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V and patron of Bernini, began turning this former vineyard into the most extensive gardens built in Rome since Antiquity. The vineyard's site is identified with the gardens of Lucullus, the most famous in the late Roman republic. In the 19th century much of the garden's former formality was remade as a landscape garden in the English taste (illustration, right). The Villa Borghese gardens were long informally open but were bought by the commune of Rome and given to the public in 1903. The large landscape park in the English taste contains several villas. The Spanish Steps lead up to this park, and there is another entrance at the Porte del Popolo by Piazza del Popolo. The Pincio (the Pincian Hill of ancient Rome), in the south part of the park, offers one of the greatest views over Rome. Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576-1633) was an Italian Renaissance art collector and member of the noble Borghese family. ... Paul V, né Camillo Borghese (Rome, September 17, 1552 – January 28, 1621) was Pope from May 16, 1605 until his death. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... The Gardens of Lucullus (Horti Lucullani) on the Pincian Hill on the edge of Rome introduced the Persian garden to Europe, about 60 BCE. The Villa Borghese still covers 17 acres (69,000 m²) of green on the site, now in the heart of Rome, above the Spanish Steps. ... The Spanish Steps in Rome. ... The Piazza del Popolo, looking west from the Pincio. ... The Pincian Hill (Italian: Pincio, from Latin Mons Pincius) is a hill in the vicinity of Rome. ...

Villas in the gardens

• The villa after which the gardens are named, the Villa Borghese Pinciana, was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, who developed sketches by Scipione Borghese. It now contains the Galleria Borghese. The garden Casino Borghese, built on a rise above the Villa by the architect Vasanzio, was set up by Camillo Borghese to contain sculptures by Bernini from the Borghese collection including his David and his Daphne and by Antonio Canova (Paolina Borghese) and paintings by Titian, Raphael and Caravaggio.

• the Villa Giulia, built in 1551 - 1555 as a summer residence for Pope Julius III, now containing the Etruscan Museum (Museo Etrusco).

Painting by Diego Velázquez

• the Villa Medici, housing the French Academy in Rome, and the Fortezzuola a Gothic garden structure that houses a collection memorializing the academic modern sculptor Pietro Canonica. In the 1650s, Diego Velázquez painted several depictions of this Villa's garden casino festively illuminated at night. Before electricity, such torchlit illuminations carried an excitement hard to conceive today.

• Other villas scattered through the Villa Borghese gardens are remains of a world exposition in Rome in 1911.
  • The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna located in its grounds has a collection of 19th and 20th century paintings emphasizing Italian artists.
  • Architecturally the most notable of the 1911 exposition pavilions is the English pavilion designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens (who later designed New Delhi), now housing the British School at Rome.

The Villa Borghese Pinciana (begun 1605) houses the Galleria Borghese. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Self-portrait by Canova, 1792. ... Titians self-portrait, 1566. ... Self-portrait by Raphael. ... Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (September 28, 1573 – July 18, 1610), usually called Caravaggio after his hometown near Milan, was an Italian Baroque painter, whose large religious works portrayed saints and other biblical figures as ordinary people. ... Sarcofago degli Sposi : the sarcophagus of the married couple The Villa Giulia is a magnificent villa built by Pope Julius II on the edge of the city of Rome, 1550–1555. ... Julius III, né Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte (September 10, 1487 – March 23, 1555), was Pope from February 7, 1550 to 1555. ... Villa Medici a Roma, painted by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez. ... Villa Medici a Roma, painted by Spanish artist Diego Velazquez. ... The Villa Medici is a villa in Rome, founded by Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, housing the French Academy in Rome. ... The French Academy in Rome (French: Académie de France à Rome) is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, in Rome, Italy. ... Velázquezs 1643 self-portrait Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period... A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was arguably the greatest British architect of the 20th century[citation needed]. He designed many English country houses and was instrumental in the design and building of New Delhi. ... The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ... The British School at Rome was established in 1901 and granted a Royal Charter in 1912 as an educational institute culminating the study of awarded British scholars in the fields of archaeology, literature, music, and history of Rome and Italy of every period, and for the study of the fine...

Trivia

The villa's gardens feature in one of Respighi's Pini di Roma. Beside the 1911 Exposition's villas, there is the Exposition's Zoo, recently rearranged, with minimal caging, as the "Bioparco," and the Zoological Museum (Museo di Zoologia). Elsa and Ottorino Respighi in the 1920s Ottorino Respighi (July 9, 1879 - April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist and violinist. ... Pini di Roma (Italian “Pines of Rome”) is a 1924 work by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, and is considered one of the masterpieces of the Roman Trilogy of symphonic poems along with Feste Romane and Fontane di Roma. ...

Photograph gallery

Water clock in Villa Borghese Download high resolution version (616x820, 155 KB)Water clock in Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy. ... A water clock or clepsydra is a device for measuring time by letting water regularly flow out of a container usually by a tiny aperture. ...

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External links

• Villa Borghese — information on garden history

Rome landmarks

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