Description
The Palazzo dei Conservatori is one of the three palaces on Piazza del Campidoglio, facing the Palazzo Nuovo: for almost four centuries it was the seat of the magistrates who governed the city, and today it's the heart of the Capitoline Museums.
In the courtyard stand the fragments of the colossal statue of Constantine, the head, hands and feet, found in 1486 in the Basilica of Maxentius. Inside are the Capitoline Wolf, the symbol of Rome, the Spinario, the original equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius and, on the third floor, the Pinacoteca with Caravaggio, Titian and Rubens.
Michelangelo designed the facade, with its tall pilasters and portico; Giacomo della Porta completed it in 1568. In the Hall of the Horatii and Curiatii, frescoed by the Cavalier d'Arpino, the Treaty of Rome was signed on March 25, 1957.
In the courtyard stand the fragments of the colossal statue of Constantine, the head, hands and feet, found in 1486 in the Basilica of Maxentius. Inside are the Capitoline Wolf, the symbol of Rome, the Spinario, the original equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius and, on the third floor, the Pinacoteca with Caravaggio, Titian and Rubens.
Michelangelo designed the facade, with its tall pilasters and portico; Giacomo della Porta completed it in 1568. In the Hall of the Horatii and Curiatii, frescoed by the Cavalier d'Arpino, the Treaty of Rome was signed on March 25, 1957.