 The Borghese
Mansion was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese to Flaminio Ponzio and Vasanzio and
built between 1613 and 1614. Site of Cardinal Borghese's art collection, its extraordinary
masterpieces contributed to make it renowned all over Europe. This was the reason why
Napoleon, in 1807, bought a consistent part of the collection and transferred it to the
Louvre were is still on exhibition. New material was added during the whole of the19th
century; in 1902, the collection was acquired by the Italian State along with the Mansion
and the entire Borghese property. |
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History