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Self-Portrait as BacchusReport this photo · linked, not stored
Self-Portrait as BacchusSelf-Portrait as BacchusReport this photo · linked, not stored
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Apollo and DaphneReport this photo · linked, not stored
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Photo: Gian Lorenzo Bernini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Art museumRome, Lazio
Galleria Borghese
Art museumFounded 1903
KindArt museumRome
Visitors a year544k2022
Founded1903
Best monthsApr–May · OctRome
41.91° N, 12.49° EUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goRome · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low23° / 12°
About
Galleria Borghese in brief
Galleria Borghese is an art museum in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
It was founded in 1903.
In 2022 it welcomed 544,290 visitors.
Its best-known works include Self-Portrait as Bacchus, Apollo and Daphne and The Rape of Proserpina.
For the trip, the weather in Rome is best in April, May and October; in October afternoons average 23°.
In the collection
Famous works to see here
The best-known pieces of the collection, by how widely they are written about.
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Visitors per year
544,290 in 2022 · highest 609k in 2018Visitors counted in each year; years without a figure are left out.
Location
Where to find it
When to visit
Climate guideWeather in Rome
Month score for sightseeing
Best Apr–May · OctFestivals in Rome
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February
- Carnival of RomeCarnival · Feb–Mar
September
October
- Rome Film FestivalFilm festival
November
- Rome Independent Film FestivalFilm festival
- MedFilm FestivalFilm festival
December
- Tertio Millennio Film FestFilm festival
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
Nearby
All museums in ItalyMore to see close by
Boncompagni Ludovisi Decorative Art Museum
0.7 km S
Museum of modern art
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Egyptian Museum of Rome
1.0 km W
Museum
Around here
Rome and around
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Rome
Lazio · Italy
Apr–May · Octbest months
32°July high
20 maltitude
Nature
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Aniene
River
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Monte Pellecchia
1,369 m · Monti Lucretili
Heritage
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · 401
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Museums
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma
Museum of modern art · 1883
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