The Pincio Park, or the gardens of the Villa Borghese, are the Rome equivalent of New York’s Central Park. We’d often sit in our favorite café in the park to write Rome Secrets or CityTravelBlog. This is the Temple of Aesculapius in the park. It was built in the early twentieth century as an ornament for the little duck pond in front of it. It is actually just a temple front, with no building behind.
This is one of the many classical focal points in the park created in the early twentieth century as a green relief in very urban Rome.
Oil on canvas
36”w x 24”h
$950.