Villa Borghese
Hilltop park with shaded paths, scenic lakes, and a gallery of Bernini and Caravaggio masterworks.
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This guide to Villa Borghese in Rome centers on a marble sculpture inside the gallery: Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's scandal-prone younger sister, who married Prince Camillo Borghese and sat for the sculptor Antonio Canova. You'll hear how the original plan to portray her as the chaste goddess Diana fell apart, and about the sculpture's long detour through Turin and Genoa before it reached this park. Look for the base built to let the whole figure slowly rotate.
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