When Charles V planned a visit to Rome in 1536, the muddy Capitoline Hill was in such a bad shape, after the sack of Rome in 1527,that Pope Paul III Farnese asked Michelangelo to design a new square, the Piazza del Campidoglio
Michelangelo came up with an original design for the square, including an intriguing ground pattern.
The top of the Cordonata is flanked by the statues of Castor and Pollux, the mythical sons of Jupiter
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