In the middle of the lush and monumental Villa Borghese, rises the opulent and baroque Galleria Borghese. The Gallery is the guardian of the art collection deprived of Cardinal Scipione Borghese who counts, among its endless treasures, some of the highest expressions of Renaissance art in Italy: The Rape of Proserpine and the Apollo and Daphne by Bernini, the proud statue of Pauline Bonaparte by Canova, the David with the head of Goliath by the painter Caravaggio, not to mention the countless works of art born by the genius of Raphael, Titian, Rubens and many others. (Image credit: Shutterstock/wjarek)