Capitoline Museums
The Capitoline Museums are a group of art and archaeological museums located on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. Their principal buildings are the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, which face each other across Piazza del Campidoglio, the square designed by Michelangelo in 1536 and completed over the course of the following centuries.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: municipal museum of the city of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Capitoline Museums in Rome”, “Capitoline Museums Rome”, “Capitolini Museum”, “Italian Musei Capitolini”, “Musei Capitolini”, and “The Capitoline Museums”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palazzo dei Conservatori and Capitoline Hill.
Palazzo dei Conservatori
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Capitoline Hill
Square
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piazza del Campidoglio is a public square on the top of the ancient Capitoline Hill, between the Roman Forum and the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The square includes three main buildings, the Palazzo Senatorio also known as the Comune di Roma Capitale, and…
Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Church
Photo: ThePhotografer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar in Heaven is a titular basilica and conventual church of the Franciscan Convent of Aracoeli located the highest summit of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. Santa Maria in Aracoeli is situated 120 metres northeast of Capitoline Museums.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Colosseo
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Capitoline Museums
- Categories: art museum, archaeological museum, museum of a public entity, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Capitoline Museums” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متاحف كابيتولين”
- Armenian: “Կապիտոլիական թանգարաններ”
- Basque: “Museo Kapitolinoak”
- Belarusian: “Капіталійскія музеі”
- Breton: “Musei capitolini”
- Bulgarian: “Капитолийски музеи”
- Bulgarian: “Капитолийски музей”
- Bulgarian: “Капитолини”
- Bulgarian: “Музеи Капитолини”
- Catalan: “Musei Capitolini”
- Catalan: “Museu Capitolí”
- Catalan: “Museus Capitolins”
- Chinese: “卡比托利欧博物馆”
- Chinese: “卡比托利欧画廊”
- Chinese: “卡比托利歐博物館”
- Chinese: “卡比托利歐畫廊”
- Croatian: “Kapitolski muzeji”
- Czech: “Kapitolská muzea”
- Danish: “Musei Capitolini”
- Dutch: “Capitolijns Museum”
- Dutch: “Capitolijnse Musea”
- Dutch: “Musei Capitolini”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متاحف كابيتولين”
- Esperanto: “Kapitolaj Muzeoj”
- Estonian: “Kapitooliumi muuseumid”
- Finnish: “Capitolium-museo”
- Finnish: “Capitolium-museot”
- Finnish: “Musei Capitolini”
- French: “Musée du Capitole”
- French: “Musées capitolins”
- French: “Musees du Capitole”
- French: “musées du Capitole”
- French: “Musées du Capitole”
- Galician: “Museos Capitolinos”
- Georgian: “კაპიტოლიუმის მუზეუმები”
- German: “Kapitolinische Museen”
- German: “Kapitolinisches Museum”
- German: “Musei Capitolini”
- Greek: “Μουσεία Καπιτωλίου”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הקפיטוליני”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאונים הקפיטוליניים”
- Indonesian: “Capitoline Museums”
- Indonesian: “Museum Capitolini”
- Italian: “Musei capitolini”
- Italian: “Musei Capitolini”
- Italian: “Museo Capitolino”
- Italian: “Museo dei Conservatori”
- Italian: “Museo Nuovo Capitolino”
- Italian: “Museo Nuovo dei Conservatori”
- Italian: “Pinacoteca Capitolina di Roma”
- Italian: “Pinacoteca capitolina”
- Japanese: “カピトリーニ美術館”
- Japanese: “カピトリーノ美術館”
- Korean: “카피톨리노 미술관”
- Korean: “카피톨리노 박물관”
- Korean: “카피톨리니 미술관”
- Latin: “Musea Capitolina”
- Ligurian: “Musei Capitolin”
- Ligurian: “Musei Capitolinn-i”
- Lithuanian: “Kapitolijaus muziejai”
- Macedonian: “Капитолински музеи”
- Macedonian: “Капитолски музеи”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapitolmuseene”
- Norwegian: “Kapitolmuseene”
- Persian: “موزههای کاپیتولین”
- Polish: “Musei Capitolini”
- Polish: “Muzea Kapitolińskie”
- Polish: “Muzeum Kapitolińskie”
- Portuguese: “Musei Capitolini”
- Portuguese: “Museu capitolino”
- Portuguese: “Museus Capitolinos”
- Romanian: “Capitolin”
- Romanian: “Muzeul Capitolin din Roma”
- Russian: “Капитолийские музеи”
- Russian: “Капитолийский музей”
- Russian: “Музей Капитолия”
- Serbian: “Kapitolski muzeji”
- Serbian: “Musei Capitolini”
- Serbian: “Капитолски музеји (Рим)”
- Serbian: “Капитолски музеји Рим”
- Serbian: “Капитолски музеји у Риму”
- Serbian: “Капитолски музеји”
- Serbian: “Римски капитолски музеји”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kapitokskim muzejima”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kapitolinski muzeji”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kapitolski muzeji”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Musei Capitolini”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Museo Capitolino”
- Slovak: “Kapitolské múzeá”
- Slovenian: “Kapitolinski muzeji”
- Slovenian: “Kapitolski muzeji”
- Slovenian: “Musei Capitolini”
- Spanish: “Musei Capitolini”
- Spanish: “Museo Capitolino”
- Spanish: “Museos Capitolinos”
- Swedish: “Kapitolinska museerna”
- Swedish: “Musei Capitolini”
- Thai: “Capitoline Museums”
- Thai: “Musei Capitolini”
- Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์คาปิโตลิเน”
- Turkish: “Capitol Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Капітолійські музеї”
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