| You may find scores of beautiful cities in the world, but | | | | Piazza del Collegio Romano- which was passed from |
| you won't find the city like Rome. Rome, you know, is | | | | the Della Rovere family to the Aldobrandinis in 1601 and |
| cut from different stuff. It has its own tastes of | | | | then, when Olimpia Aldobrandini married Camillo |
| romance and art. There are numerous magnificent | | | | Pamphilj senior in 1647, to the latter. This magnificent |
| museums and art galleries in the world, but the | | | | palace is that was worked on by the architect |
| museums and art galleries of Rome have their own | | | | Gabriele Valvassori between 1731 and 1734. |
| genre and grandeur. | | | | National Gallery of Ancient Art (Palazzo Barberini, via |
| Rome is the finest artworks of the world. Created by | | | | Quattro Fontana) is your place, if you want to access |
| Romulus in 753 B.C., the celestial city of Rome is one | | | | some of the finest collections of 13th to 17th century |
| of the world's richest cities in history and art. The Italian | | | | artworks. Located on two sites; the Palazzo Corsini |
| capital offers an unparalleled collection of museums | | | | and the Palazzo Barberini (one of the grandest |
| and art galleries that make the city Mecca for esthetic | | | | palaces in Rome built in 17 century), the Galleria |
| connoisseurs. The museums and galleries make Rome | | | | Nazionale d'Arte Antica features the works by Fra |
| the city loved and adored by artists. The city offers a | | | | Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Lotto, Andrea del Sarto, |
| constellation of museums and galleries that often gives | | | | Perugino, Caravaggio, Canaletto and Raphael. |
| come-hither calls to the artists and connoisseurs. | | | | The Gallery of the National Academy of St. Luca |
| Rome offers you a wide range of museums and art | | | | (Piazza dell'Accademia di San Luca) offers you an |
| galleries including religious museums, archaeological | | | | eclectic collection of classical works by artists such as |
| museums, military museums, science museums, ancient | | | | Raphael, Canova, van Dyck, Titian, Guercino, il |
| art museums, modern art museums, etc. etc. | | | | Sassoferrato, Reni and Pietro da Cortona. Galleria |
| Borghese Museum and Gallery (Museum Galleria | | | | dell'Accademia di San Luca is one of Rome's most |
| Borghese), established in 1613 to hold up Cardinal | | | | prestigious galleries founded as an art academy in |
| Scipione borghese's art collection, the Museum Galleria | | | | 1478. |
| Borghese features the works by Rubens, Caravaggio, | | | | Galleria Colonna is your destination to enjoy the |
| Raphael, Bernini, Titian, Antonello da Messina and | | | | masterpieces by artists including Lorenzo Monaco, |
| Canova. Here you can find the most far-famed sculpts | | | | Bronzino, Ghirlandaio, Salviati, Veronese, Palma il |
| by G.L.Bernini such as "David", Canova's masterpiece, | | | | Vecchio, Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto, Pietro da |
| "Apollo and Daphne', 'Pluto and Proserpina', Raphael's | | | | Cortona, Annibale Carracci, Francesco Albani, |
| 'Deposition', the reclining statue of Pauline Borghese, | | | | Guercino, Guido Reni, Carlo Maratta, Gaspard Dughet, |
| and a rich picture gallery plenty of masterpieces of | | | | Crescenzio Onofri, Girolamo Muziano, and Pompeo |
| absolute value amogn the others the famous "Danae" | | | | Batoni. Reflecting the nobility of the Colonna family, the |
| by Correggio, Caravaggio's paintings, Titian's "Sacred | | | | magnificent Galleria Colonna is housed the huge |
| and Profane love." | | | | complex of Palazzo Colonna that was constructed in |
| You can watch the monuments and works of art | | | | 50 years from 1654 to 1704. |
| from all the provinces of Rome at the Museum of | | | | The Modern National Gallery houses offer you the |
| Roman Civilization (Piazza G. Angelli). Created under | | | | most significant collection of Italian paintings and |
| the name of Museo dell'Impero Romano in 1927, the | | | | sculptures of the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring the |
| museum exhibits a great collection of artworks in its | | | | works by artists belonging to neo-classicism, |
| 59 rooms, which include the items that were figured in | | | | romanticism,Tuscan Macchiaoli impressionism, and the |
| the Archaeological Exhibition at the Baths of Diocletian | | | | most of the contemporary art movements, the gallery |
| in 1911, and the models of single-oared warship, an | | | | offers the works by Goya, Géricault, Delacroix, |
| apartment building in ancient Ostia Antica, and of the | | | | Blake, Renoir, Rossetti, Courbet, Van Gogh, Degas, |
| Colosseum. | | | | Monet, Cezanne, Modigliani, Mondrian, Duchamp, de |
| The National Museum of Rome - Museo Nazionale | | | | Chirico, Cara, Miró, Kandinsky and Klimt. |
| Romano offer you a nice slice from the history of | | | | Besides, you can fine a number Religious Museums in |
| Rome housed in three different facilities - the Baths of | | | | Rome, which include Museum of the Souls of the |
| Diocletian including the Palazzo Massimo, the | | | | Dead (Lungotevere Prati), Permanent Exhibition of the |
| Octagonal Hall, and the Palazzo Altemps. Some of the | | | | Jewish Community of Rome (Synagogue, |
| attractions of Rome include a wonderful statue of a | | | | Lungotevere Cenci), Museum of the Catacombs of St. |
| Young Girl from Anzio of the first Hellenistic age; three | | | | Sebastian (via Appia Antica), Museum and Picture |
| sarcophagi with representation of the Three Graces; a | | | | Gallery of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls |
| fragment of a Hebrew sarcophagus figuring the | | | | (Piazzale S. Paolo), Museum of St. Pancras (Piazza di |
| seven-branch candlestick; and the Tomb of Gaius | | | | S. Pancrazio, 5.d, Basilica di S. Pancrazio), Franciscan |
| Sulpicius Platorinus and his family, that was unearthed | | | | Museum (Istituto Storico dei Cappuccini, |
| during the building of the Tiber embankment between | | | | Circonvallazione Occidentale 6850, Grande Raccordo |
| Ponte Sisto and the Farnesina. | | | | Anulare km. 65), Museum of the Historical Chamber |
| The National Museum of Oriental Art (Via Merulana) is | | | | (via S. Giovanni Decollato, 22 Church of S. Giovanni |
| a wonderful museum dedicated to the Oriental art. The | | | | Decollato), Museum of St. John Lateran (Basilica di S. |
| museum features pottery from the Italian | | | | Giovanni in Laterano), and Museum of St. Vincent and |
| archaeological excavations in the region of Sistan of | | | | Anastasius (vicolo dei Modelli). |
| the 3rd millennium B.C., bronze objects from Luristan | | | | Rome also has plenty of Archaeological Museums that |
| (Iran), Islamic Art, Chinese, Japanese & Korean | | | | include Villa Giulia National Museum (Piazzale di Villa |
| pottery, and Buddhist bronzes. The items of special | | | | Giulia), Forum Antiquarium (Piazza S. Maria Nuova), |
| interest include Palmyrena art of the 3rd century, an | | | | Barracco Museum (via dei Baullari), Archaeological |
| Islamic ceramic plate, glazed with epigraphic decoration | | | | Museum Ostia (located at the excavations of ancient |
| from Eastern Iran, and a bottle in gold and silver with | | | | Ostia outside Rome), Museum of Etruscan and Italic |
| scenes of bacchanal from Iran's Sasanide period. | | | | Remains & Museum of Plaster Casts (University |
| You can visit Doria Pamphilj Gallery at Palazzo Doria | | | | City, Faculty of Letters, Dept. of Historical, |
| Pamphili, Piazza del Collegio Romano, where you can | | | | Archaeological, and Anthropological Sciences of |
| relish Rome's most distinguished private art collections, | | | | Antiquity), Capitoline Museum (Piazza del Campidoglio), |
| including works by Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael, | | | | Centrale Montemartini (Via Ostiense), Museum of the |
| Velázquez, Lippi, Lotto, Rubens, Guercino, Reni, | | | | Walls (Via di Porta S. Sebastiano), Museum of Roman |
| Parmigianino, Bellini and Brueghel. The Doria Pamphilj | | | | Ships (Fiumicino), etc. |
| Gallery is housed in the majestic Renaissance palace- | | | | |