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The oldest public museum in the world, founded in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV, occupies the Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo based on a design by Michelangelo and realized between the XVI and XVII centuries. After enhancements and restorations in the following centuries, these Capitoline Museums now host a spectacular collection of Roman statuary and an art gallery with works from the XV to XVIII centuries. www.museicapitolini.org
 Dying Galatian, Roman copy in marble
from the Greek original in bronze by the Pergamo school of 230-220 BC (never found) |
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