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388  ROME AND LAZIO

Street-by-Street: The Capitoline Hill

The Capitol, citadel of ancient Rome, was
redesigned by Michelangelo in the 16th century.
He was responsible for the trapezoid Piazza
del Campidoglio as well as the Cordonata,
the broad flight of steps leading up to it.
The piazza is flanked by Palazzo Nuovo
and Palazzo dei Conservatori, housing
the Capitoline Museums, with their fine The Victor Emmanuel Monument was begun in 1885
collections of sculpture and paintings. and inaugurated in 1911 in honour of Victor Emmanuel II,
It is also well worth walking behind the the first king of unified Italy.
museums to the Tarpeian Rock, for a
superb view of the Forum lying below.

San Marco, dedicated to the
patron saint of Venice, has
splendid 9th-century mosaics P I A Z Z A V E N E Z I A
in the apse. VIA DI SAN PIETRO IN CARCERE

The Aracoeli
Steps were V I A D E L T E AT R O D I M A R C E L L O
completed
in 1348 to
commemorate
Palazzo Venezia, once the end of the
the home of Mussolini, plague. The Cordonata is
now holds a museum presided over by the
of fine and decorative colossal statues of
arts. Exhibits include Castor and Pollux.
this medieval gilt and
enamel angel.

1. Capitoline
Museums
The collections of
Key art and ancient
Suggested route sculpture include
this statue of the
Emperor Marcus
Aurelius, a replica of
0 metres 75 which stands in the
0 yards 75 centre of the piazza.

For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp573–6 and pp596–600

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