Villa Borghese | estate, Rome, Italy | Britannica (original) (raw)

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association with Borghese family

• In Borghese Family
  …project was to have the Villa Borghese built in Rome, where he assembled an important collection of paintings and sculptures.
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example of Italian villa

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  In villa
  …Andrea Palladio; and the villas Borghese (1613–16), Medici (c. 1540), and Doria Pamphili (1650) in Rome. By the 18th and 19th centuries, villas in Italy were less extensive, though fine ones continued to be built, especially in the Piedmont, Lombardy, the Venetia, and around Rome and Naples.
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location of Borghese collection of art

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  In Rome: Other hills
  On the hill is the Villa Borghese, which the Italian government purchased, along with its contents and grounds, at the turn of the 20th century. The grounds are now an extensive park containing numerous museums, academies, monuments, natural features, and other attractions. In the villa itself, the Galleria Borghese’s collection…
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