Capitoline Museums - the oldest public museum in the world, initiated by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471 , donated the collection to the people of ancient bronze, Rima , is placed before the walls of Lateran.
Museum housed in the three palaces designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti Capitol Square in Rome : Medieval Senator Palace, rebuilt by Michelangelo Renaissance Palazzo Conservatives and repeating his look new palace of the XVII century .In XX century, part of the continuously expanding exhibition was moved to a nearby palazzo Kafarelli - Clementino .
Palazzo dei Conservatori mentioned in many books on art history as the first building in the restructuring which has been used a giant order - pilasters , which span multiple floors .Architectural motifs of the palace buildings visible in different times on different continents (eg, Leningrad Station in Moscow).
On Capitol Square set an exact copy of the only surviving from antiquity equestrian statue - equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius , who was in the Middle Ages by mistake took the Emperor Constantine.
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