Piazza Borghese is one of the squares in the historic centre of

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(

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), in the

rione A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed a ...

Campo Marzio Campo Marzio () is the 4th of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. IV. It belongs to the Municipio I and covers a smaller section of the area of the ancient Campus Martius. The logo of this rione is a silver crescent on a blue background. ...

The square

Palazzo Borghese - Plate 069 - Giuseppe Vasi

The square lies between

Via di Ripetta Via di Ripetta, also called Via Ripetta, is a street in the historic centre of Rome (Italy), in the Rioni of Rome, rione Campo Marzio, that links Piazza del Popolo to Via del Clementino and, with other toponyms (Via della Scrofa, Via della Dogan ...

and Via Fontanella Borghese, in an area owned for centuries by the

Borghese family The House of Borghese ( , ) is a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the '' commune''. During the 16th century, t ...

. It is delimited by

Palazzo Borghese Palazzo Borghese is a palace in Rome, Italy, the main seat of the Borghese family. It was nicknamed ''il Cembalo'' ("the harpsichord") due to its unusual trapezoidal groundplan; its narrowest facade faces the River Tiber. The entrance at the oppos ...

at north-east, by the Palazzo della Facoltà di Architettura at north-west and by the so-called ''Palazzo della Famiglia'' at south-west. The Borgheses settled in the area in the 16th century. Under

Pope Paul V Pope Paul V (; ) (17 September 1552 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a mem ...

(1605–1621) and cardinal

Scipione Borghese Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legac ...

, they expanded into the area between

and the church of Saint Jerome of the Croats. The square was a private space adjacent to the family's palace until the 19th century. The square formerly overlooked

, but between 1923 and 1928 that side was closed by the palace that now hosts one of the seats of the Architecture Department of the Sapienza University.

Monuments and interesting places

Museum of the Ara Pacis The Museum of the Ara Pacis (Italian: Museo dell'Ara Pacis) belongs to the ''Sistema dei Musei in Comune'' of Rome (Italy); it houses the ''Ara Pacis'' of Augustus, an ancient monument that was initially inaugurated on 30 January 9 B.C. Structur ...

* Church of Saint Jerome of the Croats

References

Borghese The House of Borghese ( , ) is a family of Italian noble and papal background, originating as the Borghese or Borghesi in Siena, where they came to prominence in the 13th century and held offices under the '' commune''. During the 16th century, t ...

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