Capitoline Museums

Sights & Activities

Piazza del Campidoglio 1
00186 Roma (RM)
Ph. 06 39967800
Fax 06-6785488



The Capitoline Museums are housed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, which face each other across the Piazza del Campidoglio; they were built on the Campidoglio
as part of the design of the Square drawn up by Michelangelo. Against the backdrop of
the Palazzo dei Senatori, they represent a classic area in the heart of Rome.
The foundation of the Capitoline Museums dates back to 1471. There is therefore good reason to consider them the oldest existing public collection in the world.

The collection consists of paintings from the Sacchetti and Pio di Savoia collections, acquired in 1748-50 and subsequently augmented through donations, purchases and legacies.
The gallery includes works of Caravaggio, Guercino, Tintoretto, Annibale Carracci, Paolo Veronese, Scarsellino, Palma il Vecchio, Tiziano, Rubens, Antonio van Dyck, Calvaert, etc. The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced back to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a group of bronze statues of great symbolic value to the People of Rome. The collections are closely linked to the city of Rome, and most of the exhibits come from the city itself.
More information on the Capitoline Museums website:
http://en.museicapitolini.org/
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