Capitoline Hill & Forum view
Guide
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FreeViewpointAllow 30–45 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Michelangelo's elegant hilltop square, then a short walk round the back of the town hall to free terraces looking straight down over the Roman Forum.
A brief history
The Capitoline was one of the seven hills of ancient Rome. In the 1500s Pope Paul III asked Michelangelo to redesign the square, and it was finished over the following centuries.
Tips
- Best time
- Golden hour, for the Forum view
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 30–45 min
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Good to know
- Area
- Ancient Rome: The Colosseum, the Forum and the Palatine: ruins by day, quiet at night.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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