Campidoglio prima di michelangelo biography

Square in Rome, Italy

Piazza del Campidoglio ("Capitoline Square") is a public square (piazza) on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy.

The ramp leading to Piazza del Campidoglio is commonly attributed to Michelangelo, but it was actually modified and completed by Giacomo Della Porta in

Overall conception, embracing three palaces and the piazza between them, was the work of Michelangelo, who devised mighty pilasters to articulate the.

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The Campidoglio is the ancient Capitoline, sacred hill of the Romans and residence of the Capitoline Triad, Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.

This is Michelangelo's square atop Capitoline Hill.

The square includes three main buildings, the Palazzo Senatorio (Senatorial Palace) also known as the Comune di Roma Capitale (City Hall), and the two palaces that make up the Capitoline Museums, the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, considered to be one of the oldest national museums, founded in 1471 when Pope Sixtus IV donated some of the museum's most impressive statues, the She-wolf, the Spinario, the Camillus and the colossal head of emperor Constantine.

Over the centuries the museums' collection has grown to include many of ancient Roman's finest artworks and artifacts. If something was considered too valuable or fragile in Rome and a copy was made in its place for display, the original is likely now on display in the Capitoline Museum.