The Palazzo dei Conservatori ( Italian: Palazzo dei Conservatori ) is a Renaissance public building on Capitoline Square in Rome . The palace houses most of the exhibits of the Capitoline Museums . Among them are such universally recognized masterpieces as The Capitoline Wolf and The Dying Gall .
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| Palace of Conservatives | |
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| ital. Palazzo dei conservatori | |
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| A country |  Italy |
| City | Rome |
| Type of building | Palace |
| Architectural style | Rebirth |
| Project Author | Michelangelo |
| Architect | Giacomo della Porta |
| Founder | Sixtus IV |
| Established | XV century |
| Building | 1537 - 1558 years |
| Site | en.museicapitolini.org/s... |
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History
The first palace building was built under Pope Nicholas V in the middle of the 15th century . Then its facade was decorated with twelve arches, framing the six windows of the first floor.
In a small public building there were judges called conservatives (which gave the name to the palace), senators from the nearby palace and city magistrates, who together exercised power over the eternal city. Gradually, with the increasing power of the pope, the importance of this synclite (as well as the entire city government) significantly decreased.
In the middle of the 16th century, Michelangelo Buonarotti designed the new ensemble of Capitoline Square with the Senators Palace in the center. On one side of it was the new Palace of Conservatives, and on the other hand, an absolutely symmetrical building (built in the 17th century under the name of the New Palace, or the Palazzo Nuovo ).
The current palace building was erected in 1574-99. based on Michelangelo's project by architect Giacomo della Porta . The latter has a large window in the middle of the facade, while the other windows with edicles and balconies correspond to the original plan of Michelangelo.
The Conservative Palace entered the history of architecture as the first example of the use of a colossal order : both floors of the building are joined by large Corinthian pilasters . The portico enlarged by Pope Alexander VII is supported by ionic columns.
Museum
The museum on the Capitol was started by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471, donating to the people of Rome collections of antique bronze , which until then had been housed in the walls of Lateran . However, the collection was given the name “museums” in the plural, as in the 18th century, Pope Benedict XIV added an art gallery to the original collection of ancient sculptures.
Capitoline museums, open to public in 1734, claim to be the first public museum in the world, i.e. a museum in which works of art are available to all, not just their owners. Directly in the Palace of Conservatives, such famous works as:
- Capitoline wolf
- Capitoline Brutus
- Bust Commodus
- Bust of Domitian , today attributed to Constantine II
- Colossus of Constantine
- Dying gall
- Two piece mosaics depicting a tiger attacking a calf found in the Basilica of Junius Bass
- Boy pulling a splinter
- Hercules from the Bull Forum
- Head of Medusa ( Lorenzo Bernini )
- Statue of Urban VIII (Bernini)
The courtyard of the Palace of Conservatives
Capitoline wolf
Colossus of Constantine
Dying gall
Inside the palace
Literature
- De Angelis D'Ossat Guglielmo , Pietrangeli Carlo Il Campidoglio di Michelangelo. - Rome: "Silvana" Editoriale d'arte, 1965. - P. 49