Space dedicated to temporary exhibitions and to the organisation of events in collaboration with public and private stakeholders, Villa delle Rose is characterised by its evocative venue in the middle of the big park of the quarter Saragozza and by its simple and elegant architecture. Given to Comune di Bologna by the Countess Nerina Armandi Avogli in 1916 the villa, built up in the second half of the 18^th century on the hill Monte Franco, was intended to be the seat of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna so that “the aspect of beauty raises the citizens’ spirits” (“l'aspetto del bello elevi gli spiriti dei cittadini”), as you can still read on the memorial slab under the porch. It was opened to the public only in 1925 with a collection of around 160 pieces, almost all of the 19^th century. In 1936 the works were selected so as to arrive to an exhibition of works exclusively dating to the 20^th century. During the Second World War the villa was at first a hospital and then headquarters of the German troops; then it was reopened in 1946 and closed in 1974 when the seat of GAM was built in the Fiera District area and the villa became an exhibition outhouse in 1989.