Villa Borghese gardens

Villa Borghese
Monumental entrance of Villa Borghese in Rome on Piazzale Flaminio
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TypePublic park
LocationTown Hall II, Pinciano, Rome, Italy
Coordinates41°54′51″N 12°29′32″E / 41.91417°N 12.49222°E / 41.91417; 12.49222
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Created17th–20th century
Operated byMunicipality of Rome
Websitesovraintendenzaroma.it

Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third-largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres), after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada. The gardens were developed for the Villa Borghese Pinciana ("Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill"), built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, or party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collection. The gardens as they are now were remade in the late 19th century.