 Palazzo Senatorio, Piazza del Campidoglio - Capitoline Hill |
 Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Piazza del Campidoglio, in front of the Musei Capitolini |
 Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Piazza del Campidoglio |
 The Dioscuri, Piazza del Campidoglio |
 The Dioscuri, Piazza del Campidoglio |
 A first glance inside the Musei Capitolini, museums of art and archeology |
 Dominating the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori are the remains of a colossal Roman statue of Constantine (313-324 AD) |
 The foot of the colossus of Constantine, Musei Capitolini, Rome |
 The hand of the colossus of Constantine which stood in the Forum reaching 10m tall (33ft) |
 The head of the Colossus of Constantine (2.6m) Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori courtyard |
 The arm of the Colossus of Constantine, Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori courtyard |
 Hand of the colossal statue of Emperor Constantine, Musei Capitolini |
 Torso of a classical male nude, Musei Capitolini |
 Domitianvs Caesar Avgvstus - bas relief statue from the Temple of Hadrian 145 AD |
 Bas relief statue of a female, perhaps lamenting the loss of her man to war, from the Temple of Hadrian |
 bas relief statue from the Temple of Hadrian |
 bas relief statue from the Temple of Hadrian |
 Cesi Roma - "Sitting Rome" from Hadrian period (117-138 AD) |
 Grand Staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome |
 High Relief sculpture on the Grand Staircase landing of Marcus Aurelius in a triumphal chariot, 176 AD |
 High Relief sculpture on the Grand Staircase landing from a 176 AD triumphal arch |
 Marcus Aurelius at a sacrificial ceremony with the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in the background, 176 AD |
 Detail from the 176 AD high relief of the sacrificial ceremony of Marcus Aurelius |
 High relief from monument honoring Marcus Aurelius (176 AD) |
 Bust of Loricato di Adriano (117-138 AD) |
 I Ripiano Scalone - Grand Staircase, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Bronze statue of Pope Innocent X in front of the fresco Ritrovamento della Lupa (1595-6) by Cavaliere d'Arpino |
 Pope Innocent X by Algardi (1645-1650) Sala degli Orazi e dei Curiazi |
 Pope Innocent X (1574-1655) born Giovanni Battista Pamphili |
 Bernini's marble statue of Pope Urban VIII, Sala degli Orazi e dei Curiazi |
 Wall fresco of the Battle between triplets of Horatii and Curiatii with 2 on each side already slain, by Cavaliere d'Arpino 1612 |
 The last standing of the Horatii triplets about to slay the final Curiatus |
 The third Horatus about to slay the final Curiatus |
 Sala degli Orazi e dei Curiazi, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Detail from the fresco - slain warrior atop a frightened horse |
 Sala dei Capitani, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Giustizia di Bruto by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602) Sala dei Capitani, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Brutus Condemning his Sons to Death, Sala dei Capitani |
 Brutus Condemning his Sons to Death, Sala dei Capitani |
 Thomae Rospigliosio statue, 1669, Sala dei Capitani |
 Francisco Aldobrandino, 1602, Sala dei Capitani |
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 Ceiling of the Sala dei Trionfi, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 1568 fresco "Triumph of Emilius Paulus over Perseus" (King of Macedonia in 168 BC) by Michele Alberti & Jacopo Rocchetti |
 Battle of Alexander versus Darius by Pietro da Cortona, 1650, Sala dei Trionfi |
 St. Francis adoring the dead body of Christ by Paolo Piazza, 1614, Sala di Trionfi |
 Front of a sarcophagus depicting the Four Seasons, 3rd C. BC, Sala di Trionfi |
 Bronze statue of Camillus, ancient Roman equivalent of an altar boy, Sala dei Trionfi |
 Ceiling of the Sala della Lupa, Palazzo della Conservatori |
 She-wolf of Rome, the emblem of Rome, Sala della Lupa, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 5th C. BC bronze She-wolf of Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Romulus and Remus nursed by the She-wolf of Rome, the emblem of Rome, Sala della Lupa, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Ancient bronze She-wolf of Rome, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museum |
 Romulus & Remus suckling the she-wolf, Sala della Lupa, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Ancient mosaic floor installed in the Sala della Lupa in the late 19th C, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Head of Medusa by Bernini (1644-48) Sala della Oche, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Roman Imperial Eagles after which the Sala della Aquile is named |
 Upper part of a statue of Apollo, 2nd C. AD copy of a 4th C. BC original, Sala della Aquile |
 Ephesian Diana (Artemis) Hall of Eagles, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Fresco of Hannibal in Italy attributed to Jacopo Ripanda, 16th C, Sala di Annibale, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Fresco of the Triumph of Rome over Sicily, 16th C, Jacopo Ripanda |
 Bronze horse from Vicolo della Palme, 5th C. BC, Hall of Hannibal, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Ancient bronze horse in the Hall of Hannibal, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Chapel of the Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Inland stone altar of the Chapel of the Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Stuccoed vault of the Chapel of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, 1575-1578, Rome |
 Ancient bronze Roman chariot, Sale Castellani, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Detail of the ancient bronze Roman chariot |
 Esquiline Venus (Venere Esquilina) Villa Palombara, 1st C. AD, Sale degli Horti Lamiani |
 Torso of a Triton or Sea Creature from the Gardens of Lamiani, Sale degli Horti Lamiani |
 Bust of Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, as Hercules, ca 191 AD |
 Head of Dionysus, Roman eclectic work inspired by Hellenistic models, Sale degli Horti Lamiani |
 2nd C. BC standing bronze Hercules, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Gilded bronze Hercules 2.41m tall |
 This 2nd C. BC Hercules stood on the Forum Boarium in Rome |
 Colossal bronze pieces of a statue of Constantine, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Head of a colossal bronze statue of Emperor Constantine, 4th C. AD (1.77m) |
 Head of a colossal bronze statue of Emperor Constantine, 4th C. AD (1.77m) |
 The original 161-180 AD bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius from the Piazza del Campidoglio |
 The statue on display on the piazza in front of the museum is a 1981 copy |
 Bronze head of Arsinoe III (246-204 BC) Queen of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy III |
 Terracotta fragments from the tympanum of a Temple of Mars from Via di San Gregorio |
 Terracotta of a female divinity wearing a diadem from the typmanum of the Tample of Mars |
 Terracotta Victimarus, servant at the sacrifice of animals on the pediment of the Temple of Mars |
 Courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Terrace of the Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 The Dioscuri, Piazza del Campidoglio |
 View of the Victor Emmanuel Monument from Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 The domes of Rome from Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Statue on the Garden of the Museo Nuovo, which was closed at the time |
 The Palazzo dei Conservatori was built on top of the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus |
 Ruins of the 6th C. BC Great Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus below the Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Ruins of Great Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus |
 Ancient Roman statues, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Statue of Eros (or Thanatos) - Roman copy of a 4th C. BC original |
 The Charioteer, an early Roman Imperial Age reinterpretation rather that a copy of a Greek original |
 The Charioteer, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Statue of a dog in green marble, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 A pair of Caryatids, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 Herm of a Caryatid, Augustan age, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 Fountain in the form of a rhyton, early Augustan Period, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 Fountain in the form of a rhyton (horn-shaped drinking cup) signed by Pontios |
 Statue of Marsyas, Roman copy of a 4th C. BC Greek original |
 Statue of Marsyas, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Head of an Amazon from a bronze original of Ephesus ca 440 BC, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 Tessellated mosaic on terracotta with Orestes and Iphigenia, 2nd-3rd C. AD, Sale degli Horti di Mecenate |
 Sarcophagus with the Calydonian boar hunt and the goddess Artemis |
 Sarcophagus showing a boar before Artemis, goddess of hunting |
 Statue of the Genius of Emperor Domitian (81-96 AD) with cornucopia |
 Statue of the Genius of Emperor Domitian (81-96 AD) |
 Staue of an Athlete, Roman copy of a 4th C. BC original, Sale dei Fasati Moderni |
 Staue of an Athlete, Roman copy of a 4th C. BC original, Sale dei Fasati Moderni |
 Engraved panel of a tiger attacking a calf, 4th C. AD, Grand Staircase, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 The Grand Staircase leads up to the Pinacoteca of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the 2nd Floor |
 Madonna and Child with Saints, 17th C. copy by Giovanni Bonati of the 1562 Veronese of S. Zaccaria in Venice |
 The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Francia and modified by Passerotti ca 1580 |
 Detail of saints on Francia's Presentation of Jesus in the Temple |
 Madonna and Child with Saints by Agostino Marti, 1513 |
 San Sebastiano by Bottega del Garfalo, 16th C. |
 St. Sebastian by Bottega del Garfalo, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 S. Nicola and S. Sebastiano from a polyptych by Ortolano ca 1520 |
 St. Sebastian by Ortolano, 1520, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 The Annunciation by Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi) 1528 for the convent of St. Beradine in Ferrara |
 The Penitent Magdalene by Domenico Tintoretto ca 1598 |
 David by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, ca 1641 |
 The Fortune Teller (La Buona Ventura) by Caravaggio, 1595, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 St. John the Baptist (San Giovanni Battista) by Carravaggio, 1601-2, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 St. John the Baptist (San Giovanni Battista) by Carravaggio, 1601-2, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Cumaean Sibyl by Domenichino ca 1622 |
 St. Sebastian by Guido Reni ca 1615, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 St. Sebastian by Guido Reni ca 1615, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Detail of St. Sebastian by Guido Reni ca 1615 |
 St. Sebastian by Guido Reni ca 1615, Pinacoteca-Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Polyphemus by the studio of Guido Reni, 17th C. |
 Blessed Soul (Anima beata) by Guido Reni, 1640-42 |
 Blessed Soul (Anima beata) by Guido Reni, 1640-42 |
 Judith (Giuditta), a Carlo Maratta copy of a 1625 Guido Reni |
 Ecce Homo, 16th C. copy of a ca 1525 Correggio |
 Porcelin Eros and Aphrodite, Palazzo dei Conservatori |
 Pass through an underground passage to continue to the Museo Capitolino |