page_title: Arts in Rome
section_title: Villas
hierarchical_section_title: Arts in Rome / Architecture / Historical buildings / Villas
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Piazza di Siena]], Villa Borghese, Roma
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  These art forms are not only seen in the city's visual arts, but its structures and customs such as ancient buildings and streets. As a center of cultural for many centuries, Rome has gathered its art from distant places and times. There is art everywhere you turn in Rome due to its long and rich history.
context_section_description: Rome hosts several villas, public parks and protected areas and the city is the European capital with the highest number of hectares reserved for the green space. Rome has more than 90,000 hectares of green, about 68% of its territory, 2,000 km of roadside trees and a large number of parks and public gardens scattered throughout the city. A lot of these green spaces are occupied by villas, the oldest dating back to 16th century, but the 'green' tradition in the city has much older roots, and can be traced to urban gardens owned by the prominent personalities of ancient Rome (the horti).
  The largest Roman villa is Villa Doria Pamphili, which starts from the Vatican City almost reaching the  GRA along the Aurelia; the second largest is the Villa Ada Savoia along the via Salaria, once a residence and hunting lodge of the Savoia; third is the Villa Borghese, large central park in which the Pincio, along with the Villa Medici (home of the French Academy), is the section within the walls. Inside is a collection of Renaissance and Baroque art held in the Borghese Gallery, as well as the Pietro Canonica Museum, the Museo Carlo Bilotti Museum and a zoo.
  The Villa Farnesina, in Lungara, houses the Accademia dei Lincei: inside the 16th-century palace are some frescos by Raphael; the Villa Julia, near the Piazzale delle Belle Arti, is home to the National Etruscan Museum; Villa Torlonia, on the via Nomentana, was the Roman residence of Benito Mussolini. It houses three buildings, including two in the neoclassical style and one (the cottage of the Owls) in Art Nouveau. The latter also houses a museum, (Museum of the Casina Owls), while the Museum of the Roman School is housed in the casino noble).
caption: Piazza di Siena in Villa Borghese
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