| The city of Rome is steeped in history, so it only | | | | Ethnography on the Piazza Marconi houses an |
| stands to reason that it would be home to some | | | | ethnographic collection created by European |
| of the most interesting museums in the world. | | | | indigenous cultures. There are more than 60,000 |
| They carry everything from artefacts of the | | | | pieces to be seen, including documentation of |
| ancient world to art history. | | | | evolution stretching from the Palaeolithic era to |
| The Borghese Museum and Gallery is a small | | | | the Iron Age. These would be found in the Italian |
| palace that was built to host Cardinal Scipione | | | | prehistoric and protohistoric section. |
| Borghese's art collection. Famous sculptures | | | | The National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo played |
| including G.L. Bernini's "David," "Apollo and Daphne," | | | | the role of burial chamber to emperors from |
| "Pluto and Proserpina," as well as Canova's statue | | | | Hadrian up to Septimius Severus as well as their |
| of Pauline Borghese can be found here. The | | | | families. It was then used as a fortress and prison |
| picture gallery includes masterpieces such as | | | | in the Middle Ages. As of 1925, it was converted |
| Correggio's "Danae," Raphael's "Deposition," | | | | into a museum containing sculptures, furniture, |
| paintings by Caravaggio, and Titian's "Sacred and | | | | weapons, fragments of floor from the XIV and |
| Profane love." | | | | XV centuries, and frescoes created by Perin del |
| The L. Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and | | | | Vaga and Pellegrino. |