To a casual visitor, it may look like a miniature Colosseum (and indeed there is a connection… but read on!). In reality, however, the impressive structure you may have noticed at the foot of the Capitoline Hill had a very different function: the Theatre of Marcellus, as its name suggests, had the same shape – […]
by C. P.
Of Rome’s seven hills, the Capitoline Hill is the smallest and most important. Numerous history books have told its history, and dozens of thousands of tourists pass through it every day, but most visitors are unaware that they are treading on a real mystery. We’re not here to tell you about Michelangelo’s design for the […]
Whether you’ve visited Rome’s Capitoline Hill before or this is the first time you’ve climbed its steps, you probably already know its history, that civilizations were established here long before the city was founded, and that temples lie beneath the buildings Michelangelo imagined when he redesigned the space on the hill. Making sense of […]
by C. P.
