Galleria Borghese
Galleria Borghese is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Monte Salomone stands 778 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Umberto Re d'Italia, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
The story
The Galleria Borghese or Borghese Gallery is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction. 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 building was constructed by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese himself, who used it as a villa suburbana, a country villa at the edge of Rome. The gallery displays one of the most prestigious art collections in the world, with masterpieces by artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Canova, Raphael and Titian. 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 Writing, Sick Bacchus and others. Additional paintings of note include Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Raphael's Entombment of Christ and works by Peter Paul Rubens and Federico Barocci. Considered among the greatest masterpieces of Italian art, some of these works show the evolution of art between the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Neoclassicism, artistic movements born in the Italian peninsula and subsequently spread throughout Europe.
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Dates from 1903.
Wikidata Q841506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Umberto Re d'Italia: 0.2 mi
- Michael Collins: 0.2 mi
- Buco con palla di cannone, battaglia del 1870.: 0.3 mi
- Tempio di Antonino e Faustina: 0.3 mi
- Prima Scvola di Arte Edvcatrice: 0.3 mi
- Giardino del Parco dei Principi: 0.2 mi
- Horti Sallustiani: 0.5 mi
- Giardino Giapponese: 0.7 mi
- Chiostro di Michelangelo: 0.8 mi
- Giardino Armida Barelli: 0.8 mi
- Villa Giorgina: 0.2 mi
- Villa Albani: 0.4 mi
- Giardino Largo Messico: 0.7 mi
- Giardino Renato Nicolini: 0.7 mi
- Villa Strohl Fern: 0.7 mi
- Font Ludovisi: 0.3 mi
- Sepolcro di Cornelia: 0.3 mi
- Sepolcro del Giovinetto Quinto Sulpicio Massimo: 0.4 mi
- Casino Ludovisi: 0.5 mi
- Arco Coppedé: 0.6 mi
- Next Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museo Pietro Canonica: 0.3 mi
- Macri - Museo Ambiente e Crimine: 0.4 mi
- Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le arti decorative: 0.4 mi
- Museo Civico di Zoologia: 0.4 mi
- Mostra dell'Acqua Felix: 0.4 mi
- Collaborative Work Bench: 0.4 mi
- Esculapio: 0.5 mi
- Ratto di Europa: 0.5 mi
- Per la Libertà: 0.5 mi
- Celio: 2.0 mi
- Monte Mario: 2.2 mi
- Aventino: 2.2 mi
- Colle Vaticano: 2.3 mi
- Monte Ciocci: 2.6 mi
- Cascata fosso Marrana: 5.5 mi
- Cascata della Mola di Veio: 9.2 mi
- Cascata del fosso degli Olmetti: 9.3 mi
- Pisciacavallo: 11.6 mi
- Mola Paradisi: 12.9 mi
- Le Palme: 13.6 mi
- Bau Beach: 16.4 mi
- Spiaggia dei gabbiani: 18.6 mi
- Malibù: 21.1 mi
- Spiaggia libera: 22.8 mi
- Sorgente (non potabile): 14.0 mi
- Acqua Acetosa: 14.5 mi
- Fonte Levinosa: 19.5 mi
- Fonte di Virginio: 20.1 mi
- Fonte: 21.5 mi
- Parco Agricolo di Casal del Marmo: 5.2 mi
- Monumento Naturale Parco della Cellulosa: 6.9 mi
- Riserva Naturale della Marcigliana: 7.5 mi
- Monumento Naturale di Galeria Antica: 12.5 mi
- Oasi WWF di Macchiagrande: 15.2 mi
- Lago Bullicante Ex Snia: 2.8 mi
- Area Picnic 1: 9.1 mi
- Area Picnic 2: 9.3 mi
- Area attrezzata Tuscolo: 13.4 mi
- Le Scampagnate di Sbardella Giuliano: 13.7 mi
- Rupe Tarpea: 1.6 mi
- Rupe del Parco Brin: 3.7 mi
- Rupe del Lotto 6: 3.8 mi
- Rupe sinistra delle Rocce di San Paolo: 3.8 mi
- Falesia Ciampino: 9.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Galleria Borghese. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Salomone | ESE 123° | 778 m | 14.9 mi |
| la Montagnola | ESE 123° | 736 m | 14.3 mi |
| Trinità SS in Algido | ESE 122° | 710 m | 15.3 mi |
| Monte Tuscolo | SE 125° | 670 m | 13.9 mi |
| Colle dell'Acqua | SE 127° | 555 m | 14.7 mi |
| Colle della Tartaruga (Colle Procolio) | SE 128° | 516 m | 14.2 mi |
| Poggio Cesi | ENE 56° | 416 m | 14.8 mi |
| Monte Crescenzio | SE 143° | 379 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:15 | 17:45 | 18:22 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:07 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (Europe/Rome).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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