Rome Day Tours: Capitoline (Museums "Art"+ Imperial Forum "Architecture"):

The Capitoline Museums are THE oldest public museums in the world, covering a hill that started off more than 3,000 years ago boasting a unique record of being Rome's FIRST hill to be regularly inhabited centuries in fact before the others.

The hill became Rome's political and religious center focused on the massive temple of Jupiter that became the very symbol of Rome itself and its infrastructure was amazingly enough only rediscovered middle of last century and is now one of the museums highlights.

Nearby this is the oldest and still partially gilded equestrian bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius (pictured top right), along with all of the other ancient Bronze pieces such as the famous she wolf that marked the original late 15th century nucleus of the museums.

Michelangelo's famous piazza sets the stage for all of the other famous pieces we'll see including the Capitoline Venus, head of Constantine and Caravaggio's "Good Luck" to just name a few.

We'll finish off by progressing down the hill to the Imperial Forum, the archetectural masterpieces that span probably one of the most famous periods of Rome's history over a period of 150 years from the time of Julius Caesar.

We'll relive the political and social tensions that gave rise to such famous locations as the Temple of Mars, Forum of Peace, along with the Markets and Column of Emperor Trajan.

If doing this walk, I'd strongly recommend you getting a Roma Pass that costs 20 euro. I recomend this because it includes two free entries at the first two museums you enter, such as the Colosseum (11 euro) and then these museums (8 euro), so that right there practically takes care of the overall price, but then it also includes discounts on other museum entries and also free public transportation on Rome's bus and metro system for 3 days.

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