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At the time of the Roman Republic the Campidoglio, was considered to be the center on the world. ... Throughout many centuries and with the creative architectural direction of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Campidoglio became what it is today, the modern center of Rome. ... The Great Temple at the center of the Campidoglio was dedicated to the God’s Jupiter, Juno and Minerva in 509 BC (Bunson, 1). ... The Campidoglio was also the center of political activity. ... The Campidoglio was deserted and unkempt for many years. ... The Campidoglio did not return to its former state of power until the Sixteenth Century. ... The Campidoglio was in such a horrible condition that it was not included on the procession route for the Emperor. This embarrassed the Pope and inspired him to return the Campidoglio to its former glory.
During the restoration of the Campidoglio in the Sixteenth Century the Roman’s embraced their ancestral roots and combined elements from the imperial past with innovative acrhitecture to create the first modern Roman piazza. The Campidoglio is described as “a monumental symbol in which the haunting dream of ancient grandeur became concrete” (Ackerman, 160). ...
Another imperial sculpture, the statue of Marcus Aurelius was added to the Campidoglio and became the focal point erected in 1539 (Stinger, 260). ...
Some believe that the ancient Roman civilization was superior to all that came after, and that it was actually the antiquites which inspired the architectecture of the modern Campidoglio. ... However, visitors are reminded that Christianity has succeded imperial Rome as the opposite side of the portal is inscribed “in the year 1568’ consigns ‘to Jesus Christ, author of all good’ the care of the people of Rome and of the Campidoglio ‘once dedicated to Jove’’ (Ackerman, 161). These conflicting tablets demonstrate the motives for the restoration of the Campidoglio and send the message that “a Christian motivation underlies the pagan splendor” (Ackerman, 161). The Connection between old and new is most prominently displayed in the actual direction of the Campidoglio. ...
The Campidoglio was significant in politics as well as religion. Nicholas V declared the Campidoglio to be the seat of the municipal government (Stinger, 254). ... The proposal for the new Campidoglio was thus complicated as “Michelangelo must have been asked to submit proposals, first, for an entrance from the city, second, for the conversion of the plateau into a level paved area, and third for a modest restoration of the dilapidated palaces” (Ackerman, 144). Michelangelo conceived a plan that connected the entire Campidoglio with a trapezoidal piazza surrounded by the existing Palazzos and planned to create a New Palazzo, properly named the Palazzo Nuovo to give the piazza symmetry.
Approximate Word count = 2085
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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