CASINO DELL'AURORA

On the Quirinal Hill, within the precious architectural complex of Palazzo Pallavicini Rospigliosi, once the site of the Baths of Constantine, there is the Casino Pallavicini.

The Casino Aurora is a jewel of the Roman Baroque to the early 1600s, the Cardinal Scipione Borghese erected by the architect John Fleming Vasanzio on the ruins of the Baths of Constantine. Its windows overlook the Piazza del Quirinale and the Fountain of Castor and Pollux, and the three large windows, the roof garden of about 2,000 mq.ll funds in the Casino Aurora houses for centuries is composed of works ranging from marble sarcophagi Roman º II and III century AD incorporated in the facade, the frescoes of 1500 and 1600 including the Aurora Reni which gives its name to the Casino, "" The 4 Seasons "" the Bril and "" The Triumphs "," the Tempest.

 But its artistic and cultural value is also expressed thanks to the presence of statues and marble busts extraordinary beauty and state of preservation, such as the statue of "The Artemis the Huntress" the most complete among those known Hellenistic period, the 'Athena Rospigliosi or the whole of the access ramp to the Casino, called the Scale of the Shepherdess.

 Finally, the presence of the precious collection of the Picture Gallery enriches an exclusive environment that bears witness to history and culture through all the classical arts. Among the numerous works that lodge rooms of the Casino you can also count paintings of Reni and Luca Giordano.

 

Info visits:

The Casino opens to the public, limited to the central hall with frescoes by Guido Reni,

the 1st day of each month (except January)