The Capitoline Hill is one of the seven hills on which Ancient Rome arose. This is the smallest hill in Rome (46 m), but it was a very important center of the spiritual and political life of the city in ancient times. In ancient Rome, the Senate met in the Capitol Square. Here in the 5th century BC e was built Capitoline temple in honor of the three main ancient Roman gods: Juno, Jupiter and Minerva. In the XVI century. The capitol was rebuilt and restored by Michelangelo Buonarroti himself and his students, but the square acquired its final form, which has survived to our time, in 1654.
Once the seat of power, the Capitol is now a place full of beautiful buildings and sights. At its top are the Capitol Square with an equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, several palaces, the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracheli, the Cordonata stairs, and the symbol of Rome, the statue of the Capitoline Wolf.