Esther's photos with the keyword: Capitoline

The rooms in the Capitoline Museums are exquisitely decorated from ceiling to floor. They are not to be missed in a visit to Rome. "The Capitoline Museums (Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years. The history of the museums can be traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Museums AIMG_2666

The Hall of Hanibal in the 15th Century building of the Capitoline Museums in Rome Italy is named after the image of Hannibal on the central wall. AIMG_2671

A statue of one of the Dioscuri (the twins, Castor and Pollux) outside the Capitoline museums. In Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux were twin brothers, together known as the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda. Although they were considered to be twins, Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and Pollux was the divine son of Zeus. AIMG_2659

Located in the Conservators' Apartment - Hall of the Triumphs in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy. The frescoed frieze on the upper part of the walls was commissioned in 1569. It portrays the victory of Lucius Aemilius Paullus over the King of Macedonia Perseus. AIMG_2666

The Colossus of Constantine was a gigantic statue of Roman emperor Constantine the Great (280–337) that once stood in the Basilica of Maxentius near the Roman Forum in Rome. The remnants of the Colossus can now be viewed in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy. AIMG_2684

View of the Roman Forum from the Capitoline. The Roman Forum is the oldest part of the city of Rome and has structures dating from the 7th Century B.C AIMG_2693.