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Founded in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV to the Roman people with the donation of the bronze statue of the Lateran (Lupa, the Spinario, Camillo and the colossal head of Constantine with his hand and the orb of power), is considered the oldest public museum in the world, the return of these works - a sign of past grandeur of Rome - the people of the city acquires a higher symbolic value, because the Capitol had always been the center of religious life of ancient Rome and, after a long period of abandonment, site of the civil courts since the Middle Ages.
These sculptures were placed at first on the facade and the courtyard of the Palace of the Conservatives and then became part of the collection features works from several excavations, including the gilded bronze statue of Hercules in the Forum Boario found, the fragments of the colossal statue of Constantine originally located in the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum, the three panels embossed with the companies of Marcus Aurelius transported in 1515 from the Church of Saints Luke and Martina in the Forum and the so-called Capitoline Brutus. The original historic nature of the Capitoline collection, however, was interrupted in 1566 when Pope Pius V, the Vatican wanted to delete the images of pagan idols, donated more than 140 ancient statues to the Capitol, transforming the museum into a large collection of classical sculpture. In 1654 the construction of the New Palace - in the genius of Michelangelo's project restructuring the entire area of the square - allows movement of numerous statues, to which was added in 1733, the collection of Cardinal Albani, including statues and portraits and Clement XII allowed to inaugurate the Capitoline Museum in 1734, around this time became part of the Capitoline collections numerous statues including the Capitoline Venus, Roman copy of Greek original derived from the Venus of Cnidus (second century BC.), the Faun old red, the Centaurs and the mosaic of the doves from the Villa Adriana at Tivoli, in addition to the statue of the Dying Gaul. A strong increase in the number of items you will after 1870 with the finds from excavations for the creation of the new quarters of Rome, with donation Castellani of Greek vases, Etruscan and Italic and Cini china and the completion of the Capitoline medals . From the building just described - through an underground tunnel that runs under the square - you can reach the Tabularium, the old public store of the people of Rome, with large monumental arches, overlooking the Roman Forum and visit the ruins of the temple at Veii incorporated in the foundations of the Senatorial Palace. Following in the evocative path, we arrive at the Palace of the Conservatives, through a large courtyard that hosts important ancient sculptures including fragments of the colossal statue of Emperor Constantine already described and the findings with the depiction of guns and subdued the provinces from the Temple of star Adriano Piazza di Pietra, along the grand staircase leads to the first floor where there is the original core of the building, with rooms decorated with frescoes like the Orazi and Curiazi where the winds legendary story of the origins of Rome in the loop made by Cavalier D'Arpino and his students between 1595 and 1640. Among the numerous statues in the Palace of the Conservatives - in addition to those already mentioned of Lupa, the Spinario of Camillo and the Capitoline Brutus - remember the marble statue of Pope Urban VIII Barberini, built on a design by Bernini (1640), one in bronze of Pope Innocent X Pamphili, the sculptor Algardi (1645-1650) and the bust of Emperor Commodus as Hercules depicted with his head covered by the skin of a lion, a club in his right hand and the apples of the Hesperides in his left, flanked busts of two newts, the group was discovered in the area of Horti Lamiani Esquiline and dating from the late second century. A.D. Picture Gallery: the nucleus of the Pinacoteca Capitolina was born from the purchase of collections of pictures of families Bags (1748) and Pio di Savoia (1750) during the pontificate of Benedict XIV, were approximately three hundred paintings that were collected with a dual purpose: to avoid dispersal of collections on the antiquities market and promote the study of the works by students of the School of the Nude "Accademia di San Luca housed in a room in the Palace of the Conservators. Reopened in 1999, the Pinacoteca Capitolina now offers a path completely renovated in chronological order ranging from paintings of the late Middle Ages to those of the eighteenth century: the core of the collection consists of works from the school of Ferrara and the Veneto area, including stand the Baptism of Christ by Titian, Veronese's Rape of Europa, the Annunciation of the Holy Family Garofalo and Dosso Dossi. The collection includes two masterpieces by Caravaggio (St. John and the Fortune Teller) and the series of mythological subjects (The Rape of the Sabine Women, Sacrifice of Polyxena, Triumph of Bacchus) by Pietro da Cortona for the Sacchetti family. Of great interest is also a substantial group of works by Guido Reni, including youth under the San Sebastian and the paintings of artistic maturity depicting Cleopatra, Lucretia, the Maiden Blessed with soul crown. The hall was built in 1752 as the first expansion of the Pinacoteca Capitolina, there is the monumental altarpiece of Santa Petronilla made by Guercino between 1622 and 1623 for an altar of St. Peter, commissioned by Pope Gregory XV. Among the works of foreign artists, citing the painting of Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf and associates of Rubens (1617-1618), the allegories of Vouet, portraits by Van Dyck (1627-1629) and Velazquez (1630). ADDRESS: Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 Phone: 0039 060608 from 9.00 to 22.30 HOURS: Hours Tue-Sun 9.00-20.00, closed Monday, January 1, 1 May, 25 December open Monday 24 and Monday, December 31 2007 9:00 to 14:00. The ticket office, located on the ground floor of the Palazzo of the Conservatories, closes one hour earlier. COSTS: Full: € 6.50 Reduced: € 4.50 Free to categories of the scales in force or under 18 and over 65 wo Single Headset: € 5.00 Radioguides ®: € 1.50 Notes: At cultural events ticket prices may vary. Integrated ticket Capitoline Museums and Central Montemartini (valid one week): full € 8.50 reduced € 6.50 Free admission for all on April 21 (Christmas in Rome) Reservations Mandatory: - Every day for schools - Saturday and Sunday for groups Costs reservations Single € 1.00 Groups (max 30 participants) € 25.00 ROMA PASS: The site falls within the Roma Pass circuit Group visits hours: on Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish Participants: max 30 duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Cost: € 90.00 + € 10.00 per rental required Radioguides ® (service by Zètema Culture Project in collaboration with technology partner Vox Tours) Reservation: required Information and reservations Individuals and groups: +39 060608 every day from 9:00 to 22:30 Schools: +39 06 42888888 (Mon-Fri 9:00 to 18:00, Sat 9:00 to 13:00) For more information call +39 060608 or visit www.museicapitolini.org
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MUSEUMS CAPITOLINI
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Founded in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV to the Roman people with the donation of the bronze statue of the Lateran (Lupa, the Spinario, Camillo and the colossal head of Constantine with his hand and the orb of power), is considered the oldest public museum in the world, the return of these works - a sign of past grandeur of Rome - the people of the city acquires a higher symbolic value, because the Capitol had always been the center of religious life of ancient Rome and, after a long period of abandonment, site of the civil courts since the Middle Ages. These sculptures were placed at first on the facade and the courtyard of the Palace of the Conservatives and then became part of the collection features works from several excavations, including the gilded bronze statue of Hercules in the Forum Boario found, the fragments of the colossal statue of Constantine originally located in the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum, the three panels embossed with the companies of Marcus Aurelius transported in 1515 from the Church of Saints Luke and Martina in the Forum and the so-called Capitoline Brutus. The original historic nature of the Capitoline collection, however, was interrupted in 1566 when Pope Pius V, the Vatican wanted to delete the images of pagan idols, donated more than 140 ancient statues to the Capitol, transforming the museum into a large collection of classical sculpture. In 1654 the construction of the New Palace - in the genius of Michelangelo's project restructuring the entire area of the square - allows movement of numerous statues, to which was added in 1733, the collection of Cardinal Albani, including statues and portraits and Clement XII allowed to inaugurate the Capitoline Museum in 1734, around this time became part of the Capitoline collections numerous statues including the Capitoline Venus, Roman copy of Greek original derived from the Venus of Cnidus (second century BC.), the Faun old red, the Centaurs and the mosaic of the doves from the Villa Adriana at Tivoli, in addition to the statue of the Dying Gaul. A strong increase in the number of items you will after 1870 with the finds from excavations for the creation of the new quarters of Rome, with donation Castellani of Greek vases, Etruscan and Italic and Cini china and the completion of the Capitoline medals . From the building just described - through an underground tunnel that runs under the square - you can reach the Tabularium, the old public store of the people of Rome, with large monumental arches, overlooking the Roman Forum and visit the ruins of the temple at Veii incorporated in the foundations of the Senatorial Palace. Following in the evocative path, we arrive at the Palace of the Conservatives, through a large courtyard that hosts important ancient sculptures including fragments of the colossal statue of Emperor Constantine already described and the findings with the depiction of guns and subdued the provinces from the Temple of star Adriano Piazza di Pietra, along the grand staircase leads to the first floor where there is the original core of the building, with rooms decorated with frescoes like the Orazi and Curiazi where the winds legendary story of the origins of Rome in the loop made by Cavalier D'Arpino and his students between 1595 and 1640. Among the numerous statues in the Palace of the Conservatives - in addition to those already mentioned of Lupa, the Spinario of Camillo and the Capitoline Brutus - remember the marble statue of Pope Urban VIII Barberini, built on a design by Bernini (1640), one in bronze of Pope Innocent X Pamphili, the sculptor Algardi (1645-1650) and the bust of Emperor Commodus as Hercules depicted with his head covered by the skin of a lion, a club in his right hand and the apples of the Hesperides in his left, flanked busts of two newts, the group was discovered in the area of Horti Lamiani Esquiline and dating from the late second century. A.D. Picture Gallery: the nucleus of the Pinacoteca Capitolina was born from the purchase of collections of pictures of families Bags (1748) and Pio di Savoia (1750) during the pontificate of Benedict XIV, were approximately three hundred paintings that were collected with a dual purpose: to avoid dispersal of collections on the antiquities market and promote the study of the works by students of the School of the Nude "Accademia di San Luca housed in a room in the Palace of the Conservators. Reopened in 1999, the Pinacoteca Capitolina now offers a path completely renovated in chronological order ranging from paintings of the late Middle Ages to those of the eighteenth century: the core of the collection consists of works from the school of Ferrara and the Veneto area, including stand the Baptism of Christ by Titian, Veronese's Rape of Europa, the Annunciation of the Holy Family Garofalo and Dosso Dossi. The collection includes two masterpieces by Caravaggio (St. John and the Fortune Teller) and the series of mythological subjects (The Rape of the Sabine Women, Sacrifice of Polyxena, Triumph of Bacchus) by Pietro da Cortona for the Sacchetti family. Of great interest is also a substantial group of works by Guido Reni, including youth under the San Sebastian and the paintings of artistic maturity depicting Cleopatra, Lucretia, the Maiden Blessed with soul crown. The hall was built in 1752 as the first expansion of the Pinacoteca Capitolina, there is the monumental altarpiece of Santa Petronilla made by Guercino between 1622 and 1623 for an altar of St. Peter, commissioned by Pope Gregory XV. Among the works of foreign artists, citing the painting of Romulus and Remus suckled by the wolf and associates of Rubens (1617-1618), the allegories of Vouet, portraits by Van Dyck (1627-1629) and Velazquez (1630). ADDRESS: Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 Phone: 0039 060608 from 9.00 to 22.30 HOURS: Hours Tue-Sun 9.00-20.00, closed Monday, January 1, 1 May, 25 December open Monday 24 and Monday, December 31 2007 9:00 to 14:00. The ticket office, located on the ground floor of the Palazzo of the Conservatories, closes one hour earlier. COSTS: Full: € 6.50 Reduced: € 4.50 Free to categories of the scales in force or under 18 and over 65 wo Single Headset: € 5.00 Radioguides ®: € 1.50 Notes: At cultural events ticket prices may vary. Integrated ticket Capitoline Museums and Central Montemartini (valid one week): full € 8.50 reduced € 6.50 Free admission for all on April 21 (Christmas in Rome) Reservations Mandatory: - Every day for schools - Saturday and Sunday for groups Costs reservations Single € 1.00 Groups (max 30 participants) € 25.00 ROMA PASS: The site falls within the Roma Pass circuit Group visits hours: on Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish Participants: max 30 duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Cost: € 90.00 + € 10.00 per rental required Radioguides ® (service by Zètema Culture Project in collaboration with technology partner Vox Tours) Reservation: required Information and reservations Individuals and groups: +39 060608 every day from 9:00 to 22:30 Schools: +39 06 42888888 (Mon-Fri 9:00 to 18:00, Sat 9:00 to 13:00) For more information call +39 060608 or visit www.museicapitolini.org
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