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Capitoline Hill
The
Capitoline Hill , between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of
the seven hills of Rome. By the 16th century, Capitolinus had become Campidoglio
in the Roman dialect. The Capitoline contains few ancient ground-level
ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance
palaces (now housing the Capitoline Museums) that surround a piazza, a
significant urban plan designed by Michelangelo.
The existing design of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the surrounding
palazzos was created by Renaissance artist and architect Michelangelo
Buonarroti in 1536-1546. At the height of his fame he was commissioned
by the Farnese Pope Paul III, who wanted a symbol of the new Rome to impress
Charles V, who was expected in 1538.
In the middle, and not to Michelangelo's liking, stood the only equestrian
bronze to have survived since Antiquity, that of Marcus Aurelius. Michelangelo
provided an unassuming pedestal for it. The sculpture was held in regard
because it was thought to depict Emperor Constantine, the first Christian
Emperor. The bronze now in position is a modern copy; the original is
in the Palazzo dei Conservatori nearby.
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