{"id":45849,"date":"2026-05-07T16:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/galleria-borghese-to-expand-with-new-building-as-rome-backs-ambitious\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:27:43","slug":"galleria-borghese-to-expand-with-new-building-as-rome-backs-ambitious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/galleria-borghese-to-expand-with-new-building-as-rome-backs-ambitious\/","title":{"rendered":"Galleria Borghese to expand with new building as Rome backs ambitious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aim of project is to increase visitor flow and expand cultural offer<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n

Rome’s Galleria Borghese, home to masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio and Raphael, is set to be extended with a new building adjacent to the original 17th-century villa.<\/p>\n

The plan, which has the initial backing of the city, is to allow the gallery to welcome more visitors and broaden its exhibition programme,\u00a0La Repubblica<\/em>\u00a0newspaper reports.<\/p>\n

Under the current arrangement, no more than 360 visitors may enter the museum per session, with two-hour time slots and compulsory exits on completion.<\/p>\n

Designed to protect the precious artworks and ensure visitor safety,\u00a0the existing system also\u00a0sharply limits public access in a city where tourist numbers continue to grow.<\/p>\n

Expansion project<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galleria Borghese director Francesca Cappelletti launched a tender for technical sponsorship to draw up a feasibility study for the new structure, and the museum has\u00a0reportedly accepted a proposal from Proger Spa, an engineering firm based in Pescara, to take on that role.<\/p>\n

The administration of Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has adopted a resolution supporting the expansion project\u00a0– La Repubblica<\/em>\u00a0reports – and directed the capitoline superintendency for cultural heritage to initiate all the administrative procedures needed to support the museum’s planning process.<\/p>\n

Three councillors – Sabrina Alfonsi (environment), Massimiliano Smeriglio (culture) and Maurizio Veloccia (urban planning) – signed the memorandum, describing the intervention as one of the most significant cultural investments in the capital’s near future.<\/p>\n

Transformation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The planned extension is envisaged not merely as additional floor space but as a transformation of the museum’s function.<\/p>\n

New exhibition rooms would be dedicated to works currently held in storage, alongside spaces designed to improve accessibility and visitor reception.<\/p>\n

A significant portion of the collection is currently kept in a third-floor depot and has never been on public display.<\/p>\n

Councillor Smeriglio described the proposed expansion as an opportunity to rethink the Galleria not only as a museum but as a cultural hub, with study rooms and conference facilities, and acknowledged that architects will\u00a0“have to take into account multiple conservation constraints” when drawing up plans.<\/p>\n

The project is at a very early stage, with the feasibility study still to be completed before any design work can begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aim of project is to increase visitor flow and expand cultural offer. Rome’s Galleria Borghese, home to masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio and Raphael, is set to be extended with a new building adjacent to the original 17th-century villa. The plan, which has the initial backing of the city, is to allow the gallery to welcome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[29902,29901,10637,15756,29900,9319,2423],"class_list":["post-45849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eventi","tag-ambitious","tag-backs","tag-borghese","tag-building","tag-expand","tag-galleria","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}