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Museums
of Rome - ITALY
| Museums
of Rome:
~ Musei
Capitolini (Capitoline Museums);
~ Museo
Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Altemps (National
Roman Museum - Altemps Palace);
~ Museo
di Villa Borghese (Museum of Villa Borghese);
~ Musei
Vaticani (Vatican Museum);
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- Musei Capitolini (Capitoline
Museums);
The Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums),
founded in 1471 thanks to a donation of
a group of bronze statues (Lupa
[female Wolf], Spinario, Camillo
and Testa di Costantino [Constantine's
head]) to the Roman people by Pope Sisto
IV, are the most ancient public collection
in the world. Their seats are three palaces:
Palazzo dei Conservatori (Palace of Conservatives),
Palazzo Nuovo (New Palace), Palazzo Senatorio
(Senatorial Palace).
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Palazzo dei
Conservatori (Palace of Conservatives)
was built in 1568 by Giacomo della Porta.
The Apartment of Conservatives' rooms
contain very important works of art
such as the famous Spinario,
Bruto Capitolino (Capitoline
Brutus) and the well-known Lupa
Capitolina (Capitoline female Wolf).
On the second floor you can visit the
Pinacoteca Capitolina (Capitoline Picture
Gallery).
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Museo Capitolino
(Capitoline Museum), located inside
Palazzo Nuovo (New
Palace), is used for the exhibition
of ancient sculptures. In 1990 the bronze
equestrian statue of Marco Aurelio,
dating back to 175 A.D., was put in
the museum. Among the sculptures you
can see the famous Venere Capitolina
(Capitoline Venus). The museum also
contains a collection of portraits,
mostly coming from Cardinal Albani's
collection.
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Palazzo Senatorio
(Senatorial Palace), located in Piazza
del Campidoglio (Capitol Square) was
built over the remains of the ancient
Tabularium in the twelfth century. Outside
the Palace you can admire two statues:
Tevere (the Tiber) and Nilo
(the Nile).
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(National Roman Museum)
Rome, 100 mt |
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- Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo
Altemps (National Roman Museum
- Altemps Palace);
It is one of the most important archaeological
complex of museums in the world. It is made
up of five seats: Palazzo Massimo delle
Terme (Massimo delle Terme Palace), Aula
Ottagona, Palazzo Altemps (Altemps Palace),
Terme di Diocleziano (Diocletian's baths)
and Cripta Balbi (Balbi Crypt).
Inside the Museo Nazionale Romano or delle
Terme, located in Viale De Nicola (De Nicola
Avenue), you can find: the V-century Trono
Ludovisi (Ludovisi Throne), Chiostro
di Michelangelo (Michelangelo's Cloister),
by Michelangelo; Stucchi della Farnesina
(Farnesina's Stuccoes); Sala degli affreschi
della casa di Livia a Prima Porta (Livia's
house's frescoes room in Prima Porta), reconstructions
of Augustus's wife's house. Some sections
have been moved to Piazza del Cinquecento
(Cinquecento Square), inside the former
Collegio Massimo, which will become the
central seat of the Roman archaeological
complex of museums.
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(Museum of Villa Borghese)
Rome, 100 mt |
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Museo di Villa Borghese
(Museum of Villa Borghese);
In the most elevated spot of Villa Borghese's
park, which includes many architectonic
structures, you can find the Casino Borghese,
built by the Dutch architect Van Zans (Vasanzio)
in 1613 and today seat of the Borghese Museum
and Picture Gallery.
Inside it you can see a beautiful collection
of statues and paintings bearing witness
to the suphisticated tastes whereas the
ceilings are decorated sumptuously.
There are many works by Bernini, such as
Davide (David), Apollo e Dafne
(Apollo and Daphne), Enea e Anchise
(Aeneas and Anchise), Pietas Romana
and others, and by Caravaggio, such as the
well-known Autoritratto (Self-Portrait)
and Davide con la testa di Golia
(David with Golia's head).
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(Musei Vaticani (Vatican
Museum))
Rome, 100 mt |
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- Musei Vaticani (Vatican
Museums);
The Vatican Museums are among the most important
museums in the world. They form a complex
of museums and picture galleries located
in the ancient buildings of the Vatican
Palaces.
Inside it you can find several areas:
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Picture Gallery:
it contains works such as the Stefaneschi
triptych by Giotto, portraying Christ
on the throne surrounded by angels with
scenes of St Peter's crucifixion and
of St Paul's martyrdom; as to the XVII-century
paintings, you can see St Peter's Deposition
from the Cross by Caravaggio.
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Museo Chiaramonti
(Chiaramonti Museum): you can see the
statue of Ganymede dating back to the
Imperial age and a huge head of the
God Athena dating back to the Hadrian
age.
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Museo Gregoriano
Egizio (Gregorian Egyptian
Museum): it contains colossal inscriptions
by Queen Tuia, i.e. Ramses II's mother,
by Ptolemy Filadelfo, sarcophaguses
and mummies.
- Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
(Gregorian Etruscan Museum).
- Museo Gregoriano Profano
(Gregorian Secular Museum).
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Museo Pio
Clementino (Pius Clementine
Museum): it contains Constance's porphyry
sarcophagus, i.e. Emperor Constantine's
daughter, which dates back to a period
between 350 and 360 A.D.; the museum
also contains Helena's sarcophagus,
i.e. the Emperor's mother.
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Stanze di
Raffaello (Raphael's rooms):
they are four communicating rooms: Constantine's
room, Eliodoro's room, the Room of Signatura
and the Room of the Fire.
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Cappella
Sistina (Sistine Chapel): it
was built by order of Pope Sisto IV
della Rovere and it was painted by Michelangelo.
In the Chapel you can see the marvellous
scene of the Last Judgment painted on
the vault.
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