Capitoline Hill

Capitoline Hill
Capitoline Hill,
one of the seven hills on which the city of ancient Rome was built.

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  • Capitoline — Capitoline1 [kap′ət l īn΄, kap′ət lēn΄] adj. 1. of or having to do with the Capitoline hill 2. of the temple of Jupiter which stood there Capitoline2 [kap′ət l īn΄, kap′ət lēn΄] one of the SEVEN HILLS OF ROME …   English World dictionary

  • Capitoline Museums — Michelangelo s design for Capitoline Hill, now home to the Capitoline Museums. Engraved by Étienne Dupérac, 1568. The Capitoline Museums (Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of… …   Wikipedia

  • Capitoline Triad — The Capitoline Triad was a group of three supreme deities in Roman religion who were worshipped in an elaborate temple on Rome s Capitoline Hill, the Capitolium. Two distinct Capitoline Triads were worshipped at various times in Rome s history,… …   Wikipedia

  • Capitoline Wolf — Sculpture title = Capitoline Wolf artist = year = 13th and late 15th century AD or c. 500 BC 480 BC type = Bronze height = 75 city = Rome museum = Musei CapitoliniThe bronze Capitoline Wolf in the Museo Nuovo in the Palazzo dei Conservatori on… …   Wikipedia

  • Capitoline Museums — ▪ museums, Rome, Italy Italian  Musei Capitolini,         complex of art galleries on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. The collection was initially founded in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV, who donated statuary recovered from ancient ruins. It was augmented …   Universalium

  • Capitoline Venus — The Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums). Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Capitoline — /kap i tl uyn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Capitoline or to the ancient temple of Jupiter that stood on this hill. n. 2. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. [1610 20; < L Capitolinus. See CAPITOL, INE1] * * * …   Universalium

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