Campidoglio
the Campidoglio is part of Rome , Rome historical centre .Top photos chosen by u all:
Piazza del Campidoglio
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The bird's-eye view of the engraving by Étienne Dupérac shows Michelangelo's solution to the problems of the space in the Piazza del Campidoglio. Even with their new facades centering them on the new palazzo at the rear, the space was a trapezoid, and the facades did not face each other squarely. Worse than that, the whole site sloped (to the left in the engraving). Michelangelo's solution was radical. Since no perfect forms would work, his apparent oval in the paving is actually egg-shaped, narrower at one end. The travertine design set into the paving is perfectly level: around its perimeter, low steps arise and die away into the paving as the slope requires. Its center springs slightly, so that one senses that one is standing on the exposed segment of a gigantic egg all but buried at the center of the city at the center of the world, as Michelangelo's historian Charles de Tolnay pointed out (Charles De Tolnay, 1930). An interlaced twelve-pointed star makes a subtle reference to the constellations, revolving around this space called Caput mundi, the head of the world. by wikipedia
campidoglio
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The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the most famous and highest of the seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and their daughter Minerva. The temple was started by Rome's last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and was considered one of the largest and the most beautiful temples in the city. When the Celtic Gauls raided Rome in 390 BC, the Capitoline Hill was the one section of the city to evade capture by the barbarians.
Rome CapitolineHill
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A single star and statues highlighted with bright white light overlook the plaza on Capitoline Hill on a clear evening in Rome, Italy
Arco di Settimio Severo
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Eretto ai piedi del Campidoglio nel 203 d.C. in onore dell'imperatore Settimio Severo.
Guardian Lion
Made by Nicola Asuni
Winged lion statue - Campidoglio square - Rome - Italy.
Nearest places of interest:
| Theater of Marcellus Anagrafe Roman Forum Domus Tiberiana | Foro di Cesare Basilica Ulpia Piazza Venezia Palazzetto Venezia |
