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    The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill...
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    The Capitoline Wolf (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf...
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    12°28′59″E / 41.89333°N 12.48306°E / 41.89333; 12.48306 The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn, kəˈpɪt-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; Italian: Campidoglio...
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    make up the Capitoline Museums, the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, considered to be one of the oldest national museums, founded in 1471...
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    (27 in) in height and is now in the Hall of the Triumphs within the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Traditionally taken to be an early example of Roman portraiture...
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    The Capitoline Venus is a type of statue of Venus, specifically one of several Venus Pudica (modest Venus) types (others include the Venus de' Medici type)...
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    Roller speculates that the British Museum head, along with those in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, the Capitoline Museums, and in the private collection of...
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    The Capitoline Wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus is a symbol of Rome, Italy. Copies of the statues have been donated by Italy to various places...
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    Greatest'), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. It was surrounded by the Area Capitolina, a precinct where numerous...
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    2022-01-15. "print; drawing book | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2022-01-15. Capitoline Museums. "Colossal statue of Mars Ultor also known...
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    the Capitoline Museums, Rome, is a 1st or 2nd century Roman copy of a late Hellenistic period original. It was given to the nascent Capitoline Museums by...
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    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
    the standing statues of Augustus. The original is on display in the Capitoline Museums, while the sculpture now standing in the open air at the Piazza del...
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    Dying Gaul (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
    Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic...
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    Constantine, three that are preserved in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (Capitoline Museums) and a final one that was destroyed and of which only a fragment remains...
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    Colossus of Constantine (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
    courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, now part of the Capitoline Museums, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum. The great head, arms...
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    The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities who were worshipped in ancient Roman religion in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill (Latin...
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    century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219...
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    Bronze colossus of Constantine (category Capitoline Museums)
    The Capitoline Museums in Rome hold parts of a bronze colossus of Constantine. The colossal statue of a Roman emperor was probably made in the 4th century...
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    Among the most significant resources are the many museumsCapitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums and the Galleria Borghese and others dedicated to...
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    relocation, the globe placed on the summit was transferred to the Capitoline Museums, in the first hall of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, in a corner near...
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    176–180 (bas reliefs from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, now in the Capitoline Museums) During the early 160s, Fronto's son-in-law Victorinus was stationed...
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    significance. Among the most significant resources are museums – (Capitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums, Galleria Borghese)—aqueducts, fountains, churches...
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    More than two dozen examples of this statue survive. Palazzo Nuovo (Capitoline Museums), Rome. Leda and the Swan, ancient fresco from Pompeii Leda and the...
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    the so-called Arch of Portugal, and in modern times moved to the Capitoline Museums, where it is on display on the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori...
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    include: the Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums, Rome) the Barberini Venus the Borghese Venus the Satala Aphrodite (British Museum), considered a replica by...
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  • Art museums are some of the largest buildings in the world. The world's most pre-eminent museums have also engaged in various expansion projects through...
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    of the empire (some of which are now in the National Roman Museum and Capitoline Museums), demonstrating Hadrian's less warlike policy than his predecessor...
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    by Pope Clement XII in 1733 and went on to form the nucleus of the Capitoline Museums, Rome, where it remains. The restored left leg and the left arm, with...
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  • 1594: Fortune Teller Rome, Capitoline Museums 115 × 150 cm Oil on canvas c. 1594: Cardsharps Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum 94.2 × 131.2 cm Oil on canvas...
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    Amsterdam, 1698. "Musei, monumenti e aree archeologiche statali" [State museums, monuments and archaeological areas] (PDF). ilsole24ore.it (in Italian)...
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