Camillo Borghese, which will be later named Pope Paul V, purchased in the seventeenth century the original nucleus of Palazzo Borghese and also wanted to acquire part of the buildings, of the surrounding gardens and empty spaces, thus becoming a real “Borghese district” in the heart of the city of Rome.

The buildings acquired also include the elegant building where the Borghese Contemporary Hotel was conceived, located in the homonymous street, right in front of the main façade of the famous Palazzo Borghese. In the early nineteenth century the Princes Borghese entrusted Luigi Canina (1795-1856) with a radical restructuring of the Palace, to which we owe the current appearance of the building.

The elegant building was set according to the principles of balance and discreet refinement that characterize the work of the great architect and archaeologist from Piemonte, trusted architect of the Borghese family, which also owe the noble entrance of Villa Borghese on the side of Porta del Popolo. The current renovation project of the hotel cannot fail to take into account the historical and architectural thickness of the building which host it, or of the privileged position in which the building is located.