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Rome Parks and Gardens
Villa Borghese
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The Villa Borghese park is the largest park in Rome and It's considered the city's most important green space. It features a lake, fountains, statues, temples, and several museums. Villa Borghese stretches across 80 hectares, including the Pincio area.
The park is located north of the Spanish Steps. Main entrances are at the Piazza del Popolo and the Porta Pinciana at the end of the Via Veneto. The Borghese park is a pleasant refuge from the hectic streets in Rome.
Inside the Villa Borghese Park there is the Zoology Museum, houses more than one million examples, including a collection from the Roman countryside of fauna, molluscs, birds and insects.
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Zoological Garden
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The Zoological Gardens of Rome is the conceiver of the "zoo without cages". It has been in operation since 1911.
But as of September of 1997, the zoological gardens have been transformed into a Biopark. Instead of collecting a bunch of animals decided to limit their acquisitions to animals that needed to be studied and used for teaching activities. At the moment there are about 218 species of animals, 1000 animals at all, in the park located in the Villa Borghese. The collection currently includes the Black Lemur, the Pygmy Hippopotamus and the African hunting dog.
Also the park has picnic areas, a restaurant and three bars. ...
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Villa Doria Pamphili
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Villa Doria Pamphili is situated on the Gianicolo, the Roman Janiculum, and it's the largest public landscaped park of Rome. It cover an area of about 1.8 km˛.
It was bought in 1965–1971 by the City of Rome from the Doria-Pamphilj family.
When Girolamo Pamphilj died in 1760 without male heirs, a battle broke out among the possible heirs, which was settled in 1763 when Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico granted to prince Giovanni Andrea IV Doria the surname, the arms and the vast properties of the Pamphilj, by right of the marriage between Giovanni Andrea III Doria and Anna Pamphilj [1]. Hence the villa's double name.
Among its many beauties and more obvious pleasures, the Villa is one of the b ...
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Botanic Gardens
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The botanic gardens in Rome are located in Trastevere zone, near the Gianicolo hill and the entrance is fee.
The Orto Botanico was once the garden of Palazzo Corsini, the imposing adjacent mansion which belonged to various notables over the years. Since the late nineteenth century the garden has belonged to the Rome University. La Sapienza has remained the custodian of the Orto for almost 500 years.
The garden is large and varied, with a various species of plants; many are cared for in greenhouses, others thrive on the surprisingly wild upper slopes.
The Orto Botanico is located on Via Corsini in Trastevere.
The garden is open Monday - Saturday, and there is an entrance fee. ...
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