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Lamarmora
4/8 Mestre - Venezia
(Venice)
Hosted by IVT
In
The bautiful frame of Campidoglio hill, probably the older sacre
place of Rome, two buildings host the Musei Capitolini of Rome.
The Cordonata Stair and the entire square were projected by Michelangelo
and strongly wanted by Pope Palo III before the visit of emperor
Carlo V in 1536. The sacre place, once the center of the ancient
Rome, was in ashamed conditions. Michelangelo suggested to build
a third Place, Palazzo Nuovo, to enclose the space of the square.
The project was finished only after Michelangelo's death but following
his original drawnings. Nowadays, Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei
Conservatori host the Musei Capitolini, the first public museum
of the history opened in 1734. First rooms are dedicated to the
sculpture and keep some beautiful Roman bronze statues as the
Spinario, depicting a young man in the act of taking off
a thorn from his foot or the famous Lupa Capitolina, feeding
young brothers Romolo and Remo, a real symbol of Rome. The upper
floor, dedicated to the painting, hosts works by Caravaggio, Veronese,
Guercino, Rubens and Tiziano. An underground passage will bring
you to Palazzo Nuovo principally dedicated to the the sculpture.
Our suggestion is to take a break while passing the underground
passage and turn right to get to the most fascinating terrace
of Rome where it's possible to enjoy one of the best archeological
panorama ever seen. Palazzo Nuovo also keeps the original Marco
Aurelio's equestrian monument once placed in the center of the
square.
Scipione
Borghese, descendant of Pope Paolo III, who was elected
in 1534 and had at least the great merit to force Michelangelo
in finishing the frescoes inside the Cappella Sistina. Farnese
family, in fact, owns to that small group of families that
during the Renaissance and baroque period partecipated both
as politics and patrons of art to the history of Rome. Scipione
Borghese placed many orders to young sculptor Bernini who
made masterpieces as Apollo e Dafne and Ratto
di Proserpina. Nowadays Villaborghese keeps all this
sculptures offering to the visitor a suggestive itinerary
to understand better the post renaisance period of the capital.
The ground floor keeps, besides the mentioned scupltures,
also some of the most popular and loved paintings by Caravaggio
as Bacchino Malato, Fanciullo con canestro di
Frutta, Madonna dei Palafreneri and San Gerolamo.
The upper floor keeps paintings by Tiziano, Caravaggio,
Antonella da Messina, Lorenzo Lotto, Rubens and Raffaello.
In 1807 Camillo Borghese sold to Napoleone a great part
of his collection of works that now is kept at Louvre Museum.
Villa
Giulia was built for Pope Giulio III in XVI century outside
of city walls close to the Tevere river. Giulio III wanted
this villa to place here his huge collection of sculptures
and temporary retire himself from the Vatican Court that
could be reached by boat. Projected by architect Vignola
with the contribution of Vasari, Ammannati and Michelangelo,
Villa Giulia arouses a great feeling to the visitor who
can enjoy the fine architecture of the portico and have
a relaxing moment walking in the beautiful garden. Nowadays
Villa Giulia hosts the National Etruscan Museum and surely
it's an important step for those people who want to better
undestand the history of italic peoples before the Roman
domination. The collection will bring you to discover the
splendour of this civilization and the way was linked to
the Greek one: painted vases, gold jewels, sculptures, weapons
and also a reconstruction of a temple are just some of the
objects you can admire at Villla Giulia. The pride of Villa
Giulia is a unique masterpiece: the Sarcophagus of the
newlyweds. 
