The large green area between the Aurelian Walls and Parioli, is historically affected by the presence of major suburban villas, built between the sixteenth and seventeenth century by powerful papal household. This area is now called the Park of Museums for the concentration of historic buildings host famous art collections.

The Casino, now known as the Galleria Borghese, was built after the election of Pope Paul V in 1605, by Cardinal Nepote Scipione Borghese as a place of representation and location of the famous collection, which will retain in addition to the many ancient sculptures, the beautiful groups of the famous Bernini and paintings by Caravaggio, Titian and Dosso Dossi.

In the park surrounding the villa there are numerous fountains, smaller buildings, statues and decorative sculpture depicting subjects in line with the natural environment. At the end of Via dell'Uccelleria there is the zoo opened in 1911 and recently transformed into Bioparco, an area of 17 hectares. Currently hosts over 1,000 animals entrusted into the custody of the State Forest. Not far from Bioparco we meet the “Fortezzuola of the villa of Borghese”, a small castle towers of taste neo-medieval hosting the museum dedicated to the sculptor Pietro Canonica (1869-1959).

On Viale delle Belle Arti, there is the monumental facade of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, conducted for the International Exposition 1911 by Cesare Bazzani. Finally, inside the park we can admire Villa Giulia, home to the Etruscan Museum considered the most representative Italian museum on the Etruscan civilization.

Among the works on display include the Apollo of Veio (sixth century. BC), the sarcophagus from Cerveteri of Newlyweds (sixth century. BC), the high and gold foil from Pyrgi (V sec. BC, the Centaur by Vulci (sixth century. BC) and the so-called Cista Ficoroni da Palestrina (IV sec. BC).