"Villa Doria Pamphilj" is a historic residence that includes the third largest public park in Rome (184 hectares) located just outside the walls in the Gianicolense district, on the western offshoots of the Gianicolo, between via Aurelia Antica, via della Nocetta and via Vitellia. Inside is the Casino del Bel Respiro or Algardi, which is the official seat of the Italian government. It originates from the country estate of the Roman noble family of the same name, designed by Alessandro Algardi and Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi in the seventeenth century, from the fusion of several pre-existing vineyards [2]. It was... Read more

"Villa Aldobrandini" is located on the extremity of the Quirinale hill called by the ancient Romans "Collis Latiaris" and was located on the path of the street called "Alta Semita", which gave its name to the VI Regio Augustea, near the Baths of Constantine, overlooking the Trajan markets and the ascent of Magnanapoli. In the past it belonged to the Este and Vitelli families, then was bought by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini and, at the beginning of the 19th century, it belonged to the Borghese family. The villa was sumptuously decorated and housed a very precious collection of art... Read more

"Villa Celimontana" is located on the western summit of the Celio hill and has its monumental entrance on via della Navicella, not far from the homonymous fountain from which the street takes its name, next to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Domnica, one of the first Christian temples in the capital. Since 1926 it has been a property of the municipality of Rome, which assigned the Palazzetto Mattei to the Italian Geographic Society, and has been a public park since 1928. A jazz music festival is held here, curated by the Villa Celimontana Cultural Association. Since the summer... Read more

"Colle Oppio" is one of the three hills which, with Fagutal and Cispius, constituted Mons Esquilinus. It belongs to the Monti district, of which it constitutes the green lung, and is between via Labicana, via degli Annibaldi, via Cavour, via Giovanni Lanza, via Merulana. The surrounding streets were intensively built between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, while the archaeological emergencies (what remained, at least, from the looting) were included in the vast Colle Oppio Park, which slopes down towards the Colosseum valley. In 1871, as part of the urban reorganization following the establishment of Rome as the... Read more

"Villa Borghese" is a large city park in the city of Rome which includes various types of green accommodation, from the Italian garden to large English-style areas, buildings, small buildings, fountains and ponds. It is the fourth largest public park in Rome (about 80 hectares) and extends largely over the Pinciano district and a small part over the Campo Marzio district, divided by the Aurelian walls. Villa Borghese contains several buildings and has 9 entrances: the most popular are those of Porta Pinciana, the one from the steps of Trinità dei Monti, the one from the ramps of the... Read more