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Borghese

Sienese family dating from the 13th century. Camillo Borghese (1552-1621) became Pope Paul V in 1605, and greatly advanced the family's fortunes.

Camillo Filippo Ludovico, Prince Borghese (1775-1832), married a sister of Napoleon I in 1803. He was made Duke of Guastalla, and later governor of the provinces of Piedmont and Genoa. He sold the art treasures of his house to Napoleon. After Napoleon's fall from power, the prince retired to Florence, where he lived until his death.

The Borghese palace in Rome is one of the most splendid buildings in that city.



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Then the band would play a march, an amnesty would be declared, the Pope would agree to retire from Rome to Brazil; then there would be a ball for the whole of Italy at the Villa Borghese on the shores of Lake Como, Lake Como being for that purpose transferred to the neighbourhood of Rome; then would come a scene in the bushes, and so on, and so on--as though you did not know all about it?
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The carriage was traversing that part of the Pincian Garden that overhangs the wall of Rome and overlooks the beautiful Villa Borghese.
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