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Borghese Villa

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Borghese Villa borga´za vel´lä or Villa Umberto I , summer palace built by Scipione Cardinal Borghese outside the Porta del Popolo, Rome. Begun in 1605, the villa was transformed in the 18th cent. into a more elaborate edifice. In 1806 it yielded much of its priceless art to Paris. It is now government owned and has become the repository for many of the paintings from the Borghese Palace. Author not available, BORGHESE VILLA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Borghese Gallery
Borghese Gallery (Galleria Borghese), Rome. Italian state museum housed in the Villa Borghese. The villa was built (1613–15) for Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576–1633) as a rural...and antiquities from other Borghese properties were installed in the villa, ... Read more

Borghese Gallery
Borghese Gallery, Rome. Italian state museum housed in the Villa Borghese. The villa was built (1613–15) for Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1576–1633) as a...and antiquities from other Borghese properties were installed in the villa, and in 1902 the building... Read more

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