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Enter Rome's Borghese Gallery with priority access through a dedicated entrance on a timed ticket, and enjoy more than 15 masterpieces with a story-based audio guide app. See Bernini's early works Apollo and Daphne and The Abduction of Proserpina, carved when he was just 23, six paintings by Caravaggio, and Canova's sculpture portraying Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte as Venus. Explore at your own pace while hearing stories you won't find on the gallery's labels, such as how Cardinal Scipione Borghese built his collection. The audio guide app works offline, without Wi-Fi.
At your booked time, show your official ticket at the gallery entrance and enter with priority access through a dedicated entrance. The Borghese Gallery manages entry by time slot, admitting only 360 visitors every 2 hours. There is no meeting with a host; you go straight in.
The story-based audio guide introduces more than 15 masterpieces along a curated route. Hear how Caravaggio, who fled Rome after a deadly street fight, painted his own face as the severed head of Goliath while seeking a pardon. You will also learn how Cardinal Scipione Borghese built the collection through confiscations and the influence of his uncle, the Pope.
See Bernini's early masterpieces such as Apollo and Daphne and The Abduction of Proserpina, carved when he was 23. Hear about a cracked marble bust and how Bernini secretly carved an identical copy in a single night to surprise his patron. You will also see Canova's controversial sculpture portraying Napoleon's sister Pauline Bonaparte as Venus.
※ The audio guide is used on your own phone with your own headphones. Please download the POP Guide app before your visit.
※ Entry to the gallery is only possible during your booked time slot.
Meeting point :
Galleria Borghese
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5, 00197 Roma RM, Italy
Meeting point information:
Come directly to the gallery entrance at your booked time. If you download the audio guide app (POP Guide) before your visit, you can use it offline on your phone.
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5, 00197 Roma RM, Italy