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The Galleria Borghese Museum houses and displays a collection of ancient sculptures, bas-reliefs, and mosaics, as well as paintings and sculptures dating from the 15th through the 19th centuries.

Among the masterpieces of the collection – the first and most important parts which go back to the collecting of Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1579-1633), nephew of Pope Paul V – are paintings by Caravaggio 6 paintings, Raphael, Titian, Correggio and sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the famous statue of  Pauline Borghese Bonaparte by Canova.

The works are displayed in the 20 frescoed rooms. The tour lasts 2 hours in the museum.