Capitoline Museum (Museo Capitolino) Rome

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That's right, it's a palindrome! It's one of the many symbolic "curiosities" we've come across in the past few days. I know it seems like an eternity since we last wrote, but I can't believe we've already been here four days and leave to go to our WWOOFING host tomorrow! The past few days we've seen …

Ive always dreamed about traveling to Italy. The plane ride from Seattle to Frankfurt to Rome was long but not as bad as I thought it would be. First thing I notice about Rome was how insane drivers are around here! There are no lanes yet some how they make chaos look easy. We checked into the hotel and encountered my first bidet.I could not wrap …

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In addition to my run in with Ralph Fiennes, day two really was fantastic.

It started with one of my few free half-day periods. I wandered around Piazza Navona taking in a large number of churches on the way, which managed to include a Michelangelo sculpture and the ancient Pantheon. It was basically what amounted to a slow wander, to …

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Chris and I are finishing our 3rd day in Rome, and so far, it is VERY HOT! We arrived on Monday morning. We couldn't sleep on the plane because the PA system kept dinging at us nonstop, throughout the flight (Like those Southwest commercials - *DING!*). So having been up for 34 hours straight, we were pretty tired, but …

I arrived at Fuimicino airport, Rome in the early afternoon from Siena to meet Keegan and Jarad. They had just arrived from almost 30 hours in transit and they looked awful. Jarad smelt like a dirty sock and Keegan could barely string a sentence together. Nonetheless, it was really good to meet up with them.

We made our way into the city …

I knew I missed Rome but it wasn't until I got back here that I realized to what extent. The streets feel like home and I remember them like it was yesterday. The train ride wasn't bad because I slept most of the way and by the time we got to Rome I was ready for adventure. Amy and I experienced a little bit of a hiccup with our accommodations, but …

Today marked our first full month of traveling. One down, four more to go...
We have been having a blast seeing all the sites and enjoying our time with one another. We went to the Capitoline museum today and currently they have a display called the Lux in Arcana, which featured many books from the Vatican secret libraries through the centuries …

We had heard about an outlet shop near our place so we decided to check it out. There was quite a lot of things but don't expect brands like Prada. We left empty handed.

So we went back on track and headed back to Vatican City, this time to St Peter’s square. It was magnificent! Way bigger than I expected. We were a little worried …

Today was the Vatican City, which was huge, though not quite as large as the queue to get into it! The morning started off badly, the bus company had the wrong time booked for us and so it ended up being over an hour late. We made it eventually though and the Vatican was well worth the wait. Everthing in it was amazing! Especially the Sistine …

... ground-level ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance palaces (now housing the Capitoline Museums) that surround a piazza, a significant urban plan designed by Michelangelo." Next stop was Circus Maximus which was now a ...

... . You really begin to understand the grandeur of an empire that still affects our lives today.   Next I visited the Capitoline Museums. A collection of Art worth seeing on its own, but the temporary special exhibit was the real highlight. Select ...

... , which holds all the Roman antiquities. It really helps to know Roman history when you're looking at Roman antiquities. The Capitoline Museum holds antiquities mostly from 2nd C B.C. to 3rd C A.D. The most impressive one I found was the bronze sculpture ...

... , including a slice of gorgonzola covered with honey, served with a glass of Marsala. In the afternoon we went to the Capitoline museum. Don't know if we mentioned this in an earlier entry, but this week is a nation-wide cultural celebration in Italy, so ...

... ) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the famous Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three buildings surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo ...

... my hat to Lonely Planet for leading us to seek out the cafe atop the Musei Capitolini, or the Capitoline Museums, which are actually a small group of museums surrounding Michelangelo's trapezoidal piazza.  The museums are housed in former ...

... ;I really want to bring students there so that they can see that.   Finishing the forum, we bought tickets to the Capitoline museum.  Finally, we found a place that was nearly deserted.  We spent hours wandering from room to room to see ...

... in the church, just climed the 200 steps out the front for a photo op!! Next we walk around the back way to the capitoline museum past the theatre that was superceeded by thed colloseum, name escapes me at the moment. Get up to the Capitoline and it is ...

... of the Piazza was a huge (replica) 2nd C equestrian bronze of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Then we went quickly into the Capitoline Museum (a 12thC wing – Palazzo Senatorio (now the city hall); 15th C Palazzo dei Conservatori of Pope Sixtus V and ...

... sweet because we were getting close to lunch time and it was seriously hot.  We broke for lunch and then tried to do the Capitoline Museums.  Of course, since we had moved to Monday, it was closed.  The plan for the Rome days was to do an ...