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Capitoline Museums
Musei Capitolini
The Capitoline Museums in Rome in 2007
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Established1734 (1734) open to public, 1471 (1471) bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome
LocationPiazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome, Italy
Coordinates41°53′35″N 12°28′58″E / 41.8931°N 12.4828°E / 41.8931; 12.4828
TypeArchaeology, art museum, historic site
DirectorMaria Vittoria Marini Clarelli
Websitewww.museicapitolini.org

The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.

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Piazza del Campidoglio

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Capitoline Hill

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courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, now part of the Capitoline Museums, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum. The great head, arms...

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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

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the standing statues of Augustus. The original is on display in the Capitoline Museums, while the sculpture now standing in the open air at the Piazza del...

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Bronze colossus of Constantine

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Hercules

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century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219...

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Rome

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Marcus Aurelius

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Tourism in Rome

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Leda and the Swan

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Tabularium

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forum. Presently the Tabularium is only accessible from within the Capitoline Museums, although it still provides a panoramic view over the forum. The construction...

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Vatican obelisk

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relocation, the globe placed on the summit was transferred to the Capitoline Museums, in the first hall of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, in a corner near...

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Heroic nudity

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Thames & Hudson. p. 111. ISBN 0500278768. "Trajanic woman as Venus (Capitoline Museums)". Spivey, Nigel. Understanding Greek Sculpture. p. 112. Hallett 2005...

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Vibia Sabina

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the so-called Arch of Portugal, and in modern times moved to the Capitoline Museums, where it is on display on the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori...

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List of largest art museums

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Sistine Chapel

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York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1982. ISBN 0-87099-348-8. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sistine Chapel. Vatican Museums Online: Sistine Chapel...

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Discobolus

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completed sculpture was donated before 1734 by Pope Clement XII to the Capitoline Museums, where it remains. Yet another copy was discovered in 1906 in the...

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