Description
The Palazzo Senatorio is the palace with the tower at the far end of Piazza del Campidoglio: it's Rome's city hall, seat of the city government since 1144, and it stands on the ruins of the ancient Tabularium, on the side that slopes down toward the Roman Forum.
On the square you can see the double staircase designed by Michelangelo and, in the middle, the fountain with the small statue of the goddess Roma between two colossal river gods brought from the Quirinal, the Nile and the Tiber. The Tiber was originally the Tigris: in place of the tiger, they gave him the she-wolf with the twins.
The tower, from 1578–1582, is called the Patarina, after a bell taken from Viterbo as war booty. Its bells ring for the election of the mayor and for Rome's birthday. Inside, in the Sala della Protomoteca, the Statute of the International Criminal Court was signed in 1998.
On the square you can see the double staircase designed by Michelangelo and, in the middle, the fountain with the small statue of the goddess Roma between two colossal river gods brought from the Quirinal, the Nile and the Tiber. The Tiber was originally the Tigris: in place of the tiger, they gave him the she-wolf with the twins.
The tower, from 1578–1582, is called the Patarina, after a bell taken from Viterbo as war booty. Its bells ring for the election of the mayor and for Rome's birthday. Inside, in the Sala della Protomoteca, the Statute of the International Criminal Court was signed in 1998.