The Piazza del Campidoglio was laid down on the summit of the\u00a0Capitoline Hill,\u00a0the\u00a0most important of Rome\u2019s seven hills.\u00a0It is\u00a0the\u00a0first modern\u00a0square\u00a0to be designed in Rome.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>It’s really worthwhile to include the square in your Rome walking tours.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit Piazza del Campidoglio with us<\/a><\/p>\n

THE PIAZZA DEL CAMPIDOGLIO DESIGNED BY MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI<\/strong><\/p>\n

The piazza came about because Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, organized a visit to Rome in 1536. Pope Paul III was so dismayed by the state of the sodden Capitoline Hill that he commissioned Michelangelo to design a square.\u00a0 Michelangelo wanted the square to face\u00a0St Peter\u2019s Basilica, the political centre of Rome, instead of the Roman Forum. \u00a0He also proposed the construction of another palace,\u00a0Palazzo Nuovo, which would face\u00a0Palazzo dei Conservatori. This palace, in its turn, would have a new fa\u00e7ade. The\u00a0Palazzo Senatorio\u2019s front would also be redesigned so that all the buildings and the square would work harmoniously.<\/p>\n

The execution of the plans took so long that\u00a0Michelangelo didn\u2019t live to see his\u00a0work completed.\u00a0Nevertheless, his designs were followed meticulously and finished several centuries later.<\/p>\n

The Piazza del Campidoglio is\u00a0one of the most beautiful squares in Rome, attracting millions of visitors every year. Its popularity is also due to its proximity to the\u00a0Capitoline Museums\u00a0and\u00a0the legendary sculpture of the Capitoline\u00a0\u00a0 Wolf, situated between the Palazzo Senatorio and Palazzo Nuovo.\u00a0\u00a0The bronze she-wolf on top of the column is a replica. The original is housed in the Capitoline Museums.\u00a0An\u00a0imposing bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius\u00a0was erected in the centre of the square. It is currently housed in the Palazzo dei Conservatori and in the square stands a replica of the <\/a>Roman Emperor instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Piazza del Campidoglio was laid down on the summit of the\u00a0Capitoline Hill,\u00a0the\u00a0most important of Rome\u2019s seven hills.\u00a0It is\u00a0the\u00a0first modern\u00a0square\u00a0to be designed in Rome.\u00a0\u00a0It’s really worthwhile to include the square in your Rome walking tours.\u00a0 Visit Piazza del Campidoglio with us THE PIAZZA DEL CAMPIDOGLIO DESIGNED […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74],"tags":[77,83,81,79,78,80,85,75,82,76,84],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iviaggidialuve.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}