CAMPIDOGLIO AND CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS, Presentation
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- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm James, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through Campidoglio, or Capitoline Hill.
This area of Rome has more connections with the past than perhaps any other!
It is one of the seven historical hills on which Rome was founded and developed, and is the hill which held the greatest religious and political importance. A temple was erected at the top of Capitoline Hill in 509 BC that was dedicated to the so-called "Capitoline Triad" consisting of the city's three main divinities: Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. Just like the acropolis in Athens, Capitoline Hill has always been the seat of Rome's government, and is still the seat of town hall....