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Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino) and Palazzo dei Conservatori
Piazza del Campidoglio 1, Rome,Italy Phone: +39 06 0608About
Set atop Rome's most sacred of its seven hills, the Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino) and Palazzo dei Conservatori originates in antiquity and was constructed as an Etruscan temple to Jupiter. Designed by Michelangelo, the site is an amazing feat of architecture and art.Michelangelo's bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius is placed in the center of the Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino) and Palazzo dei Conservatori, with several of the world's other great classical sculptures being housed in the museum as well.
