Palazzo dei Conservatori (Rome)

Italy / Lazio / Rome / Piazza del Campidoglio
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The Palazzo dei Conservatori ("Palace of the Conservators"), originally called the Palazzo Caffarelli, was built in the Middle Ages for the local magistrate on top of a sixth century BC temple dedicated to Jupiter "Maximus Capitolinus." It was the first use of a giant order that spanned two storeys, here with a range of Corinthian pilasters and subsidiary Ionic columns flanking the ground-floor loggia openings and the second-floor windows. Another giant order would serve later for the exterior of St Peter's Basilica. Its facade was updated by Michelangelo in the 1530s and again later numerous times, notably by Giacomo della Porta and Guidetto Guidetti.
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Hill#Palazzo_dei_Conservatori
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Coordinates:   41°53'34"N   12°28'57"E
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