Piazza del Campidoglio/ The Capitoline hill

Piazza del Campidoglio, beautifully designed by Michelangelo, is the masterpiece of the Capitoline hill. It is bordered by three buildings. The Palazzo Senatorio, the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo. The Capitoline hill is the most important and enchanting of the seven hills on which Rome was founded. It symbolized the epicenter of the Roman empire and housed the most important temples in the city. An imposing bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius was erected in the centre of the square. Michelangelo built an elegant podium for Marcus Aurelius’ equestrian statue and placed it in the centre of the hill in 1537.