Capitoline Museums Marvels - Roman History from Beginning to End
Rome, Italy
Trip Type: Museum Tickets & Passes
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
On the Capitoline Hill, more than 2700 years ago, was located the Temple of Jupiter, the most important Temple of the City of Rome. On the same enchanting hill, today is the oldest archaeological museum in the world, the Capitoline Museum. Visiting this superb collection you will be struck by its “inhabitants”, the marble or bronze pagan gods and emperors, heroes and senators, philosophers, generals and their beautiful women, as well as greyhounds, bulls and satyrs. The life and the personality of ancient Romans will be revived through the words of an expert guide (an archaeologist or an art historian) that will be your passionate guide through the Capitoline Museums.
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On the Capitoline Hill, more than 2700 years ago, was located the Temple of Jupiter, the most important Temple of the City of Rome. On the same enchanting hill, today is the oldest archaeological museum in the world, the Capitoline Museum. Visiting this superb collection you will be struck by its “inhabitants”, the marble or bronze pagan gods and emperors, heroes and senators, philosophers, generals and their beautiful women, as well as greyhounds, bulls and satyrs. The life and the personality of ancient Romans will be revived through the words of an expert guide (an archaeologist or an art historian) that will be your passionate guide through the Capitoline Museums.
The oldest archaeological museum in the world gives you the chance to travel in time back to the origins of Rome reviving the glorious past of the eternal city. You’ll “meet” ancient gods and emperors, heroes and senators, philosophers and generals made of white marble or shiny bronze. Climb the slope of the most famous hill in the world, the Capitoline Hill, and walk in a masterpiece, the square designed by Michelangelo in the 16th century. Two wonderful Renaissance and Baroque buildings linked by an underground ancient structure that Romans named the “Tabularium”. This link contains a spectacular ancient Roman art collection.
You will look in the eyes the emperors that have made Rome great. Meet the She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus. See the foundations of the largest Roman temple in the ancient world, dedicated to Jupiter. See the dying Galata, the seductive Venus, the impressive statue of the skinned alive Marsia or the wounded queen of the Amazons.
If you are fascinated by history and Roman ruins are not enough for you or, if you are tired of the crowd in the Colosseum, this tour is what you need to be transported back in time. You will see the beautiful artifacts and also learn about the personalities and the elegant everyday life of the Roman upper classes. Roman inscriptions let ancient Romans of every social level speak and your guide will lend them their voice.
You can follow 12 centuries of glory, from the foundation of Rome to the fall of the Empire and thus, just stepping into a magnificent museum.
You will look in the eyes the emperors that have made Rome great. Meet the She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus. See the foundations of the largest Roman temple in the ancient world, dedicated to Jupiter. See the dying Galata, the seductive Venus, the impressive statue of the skinned alive Marsia or the wounded queen of the Amazons.
If you are fascinated by history and Roman ruins are not enough for you or, if you are tired of the crowd in the Colosseum, this tour is what you need to be transported back in time. You will see the beautiful artifacts and also learn about the personalities and the elegant everyday life of the Roman upper classes. Roman inscriptions let ancient Romans of every social level speak and your guide will lend them their voice.
You can follow 12 centuries of glory, from the foundation of Rome to the fall of the Empire and thus, just stepping into a magnificent museum.
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