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Capitoline Museums
Sign in to saveAlso known as Musei Capitolini, The Capitoline Museums, Italian Musei Capitolini, Capitolini Museum, Capitoline Museums Rome, Capitoline Museums in Rome
municipal museum of the city of Rome, Italy
Key facts
- Established
- 1734 ( 1734 ) open to public, 1471 ( 1471 ) bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome
- Location
- Capitoline Hill , Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome , Italy
- Type
- Archaeology , art museum , historic site
- Director
- Claudio Parisi Presicce
- Website
- museicapitolini.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Encyclopedic overview
The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy, and constitute the main civic museum complex of the city. Their principal buildings are the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, which face each other across Piazza del Campidoglio, the square designed by Michelangelo in 1536 and completed over the course of the following centuries.
The monumental Cordonata with the Dioscuri, which allow access to the Campidoglio
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