Sights in the Via Veneto/Piazza Barberini/Villa Borghese area

What to see in the neighborhoods around Via Veneto, Piazza Barberini, and the Villa Borghese park in Rome

Tourist info:
www.turismoroma.it
www.060608.it
City museums:
www.museiincomuneroma.it
Ancient sites:
archeoroma.beniculturali.it

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The Capuchin Crypt in Rome's Santa Maria Immacolata ConcezioneSanta Maria Immacolata Concezione - No one comes here for the church itself, they come of the creepy Capuchin Crypt underneath, where the walls of four chapels are mosaicked with the bones of dead monks... Full story

Caravaggio's Narcisso in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica - Palazzo Barberini* Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica: Palazzo Barberini - When a Barberini finally made pope (Urban VIII), his fabulously wealthy family celebrated by hiring Carlo Maderno to build them a huge palace, later embellished by Borromini and Bernini. It houses half of Rome's National Gallery of paintings (the other half's in Trastevere’s Palazzo Corsini), with masterpieces by Caravaggio and Raphael backed by baroque frescoes by Pietro da Cortona.... Full Story

Giardini Villa Borghese park* Villa Borghese Gardens - Rome's main park, with bike rentals, paddle boats, the landscaped Pincio gardens overlooking Piazza del Popolo, and—this being Rome, after all—several wonderful museums (including the Borghese Gallery)... Full Story

Bernini's Apollo & Daphne at the Borghese Gallery in Rome** Galleria Borghese - Rome's Galleria Borghese in the middle of the city's best park is a frescoed 1613 villa packed to the gills with amazing works by Bernini, Caravaggio, and Raphael—not to mention ancient statuary—and ranks as one of my top three small museums in the world. Warning: Entry is on timed tickets which you must book ahead of time (and it can sell out days in advance)... Full Story

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Bernini's St. Teresa in Ecstasy in Santa Maria della VittoriaSanta Maria della Vittoria - The last chapel on the left is a theater stage with the commissioners and the sculptor, Bernini, looking from box seats down on the main scene below, where a smirking angel is about to pierce St. Theresa in Ecstasy (and what a very erotic ecstasy it is) with a glowing spear of Heavenly light... Full story

Santa maria degli AngeliSanta Maria degli Angeli - Michelangelo was commissioned to take a section of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and adapt it to become a church. It's a shame a later architect came along and moved the entrance over to one of the transept arms and spoiled the effect... Full story

The Baths of Diocletian branch of the Rome Naitonal MuseumMuseo Nazionale Romano: Baths of Diocletian - Installed in the palazzo that was converted out of a portion of the ancient baths complex; intriguing space, but least interesting of the Rome National Museum's four collections.... Full Story

The Aula Ottagona of the Rome National MuseumMuseo Nazionale Romano: Aula Ottagona - [currently closed] A single echoing chamber of the Baths of Diocletian complex (but with a completely separate entrance than the collection mentioned above, also part of the Rome National Museum) has been filled with a small but mighty bathhouse art and colossal statuary; amazingly evocative space.... Full Story

Ancient Roman frescoes in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme branch of the Rome Naitonal Museum** Museo Nazionale Romano: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme - The best of the four branches of the Rome National Museum contains excellent statuary plus exquisite ancient Roman mosaics, bronzes, frescoes, coins, and jewelry in a 19th-century villa.... Full Story

The Trevi Fountain in Rome** The Trevi Fountain - The world's most famous wishing well is a riot of sculpture and a favorite late-night gathering place in Rome.... Full Story

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