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Capitoline Museums
The world's oldest public museum, on Michelangelo's square on the Capitoline Hill, with the bronze she-wolf and a window over the Forum.
- Open
- Every day; check the website for hours
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 RomeDirections
- Getting There
- A walk from Piazza Venezia up the Cordonata, Michelangelo's stepped ramp.
Why Go
Its collection began with ancient bronzes given to the people of Rome in 1471, and it opened to the public in 1734. Highlights include the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the original bronze Marcus Aurelius on horseback and the giant marble head of Constantine.
A passage under the square runs through the Tabularium, ancient Rome's record office, to a gallery that looks straight down the length of the Forum.
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