Adjacent to Villa Borghese Gardens yet separated by the 3rd century Aurelian Wall is the much smaller Pincio Gardens. The gardens’ name and where it is located (Pincian Hill) is derived from Pincii family. They lived here in the 4th century. It was later the vineyard of Santa Maria del Popolo in nearby Piazza Del Popolo. The current landscape was created for Napoleon in 1818 by Giuseppe Valadier. There are an amazing 228 sculptures in this park. The Moses Fountain by Francesco Laboureur portrays when the hidden baby was discovered in the Nile River by a pharaoh’s daughter.
