The history of the complex of Capitoline Museums begins in the 15th century, when Pope Sixtus IV was given to the inhabitants of Rome the richest collection of bronze statues from Lateran.

Museums of the complex

Palazzo Nuovo

The Sixtus IV collection together with other pearls of antique sculpture - busts of Roman emperors and philosophers, Capitoline Venus , no less famous statues of Cupid and Psyche resting satyr is exhibited in Palazzo Nuovo, in one of the buildings on the Piazza del Campidoglio.

Palazzo dei Conservatori

Other building of the museum complex , Palazzo dei Conservatori, contains fragments of one of the seven "Wonders of the World" Capitolian Colossus of Constantine, the famous Capitoline wolf (5th century BC), a bronze gilded statue of Marcus Aurelius, marble sculptures from Villa Adriana in Tivoli, a collection of Greek vases and the Capitoline Pinakotheque, containing the works of Titian, Tintoretto, Guido Renia (St. Sebastian ), Caravaggio, Rubens, Veronese.

Area in front of the Capitoline Museums

Navona Square

Centrale Montemartini

In the Centrale Montemartini Museum in the building of the former power plant another 400 sculptures are exhibited and the continuation of the excellent collection of the classical art.

Capitol Square

Kapitolia Square herself, on which the museum is located in Rome by the works of the famous Michelangelo and is considered one of the most beautiful in Rome.

After visiting the museum it is worth looking at the Forum near the Palatine Hill, a historic gathering place for ancient Romans, where lively discussions were held about the destinies of the country, the Senate and the people's assembly. It was here that the first republic in the world was born, and today the remains of the Vestal Vestal Temple, one of the famous ancient buildings on the way to the Colosseum, are located

Useful Information

Capitoline Museums work every day from 9:00 to 13 : 00, Tuesdays and Saturdays - additionally from 17:00 to 20:00, in the summer season - until 23:00 on Saturdays. Weekend - every Monday, as well as on January 1, May 1 and 25.

Tickets are best booked in advance, as there are always a lot of visitors in Capitoline museums. The usual ticket price is 6, 50 EUR + 1, 50 EUR for visiting individual exhibitions, free admission for visitors to 18 and over 65.

Address: Roma, Piazza del Campidoglio, 1.