The Capitoline Museums
[rome, italy, architecture]
Taken 21:49, 20/03/2009
Panoramic photo by
Marcin Klaban
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Source: wikipedia.org
The Capitoline Hill (Latin: Collis Capitolinus pronounced ['kōl lis kap i tə 'lē nūs]), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. By the 16th century, Capitolinus had become Campidoglio in the Roman dialect. The English word capitol derives from Capitoline. The Capitoline contains few ancient ground-level ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance palaces (now housing the Capitoline Museums) that surround a piazza, a significant urban plan designed by Michelangelo.
