Piazza del Campidoglio

The Piazza del Campidoglio was a site which I am really sorry that I missed.  It is one which I have wanted to see for a long time.  The square itself was designed by Michelangelo and it is surrounded by giant statutes created by Michelangelo (the actual originals are now in a nearby museum, but they have been replaced with replicas).  It sounds pretty spiffy to see in real life.  The Piazza is on the Capitoline Hill, which is one of the seven hills upon which ancient Rome was built.

The Goddess of Rome

Equestrian statute of Marcus Aurelius. 

Statues around the Piazza, at night.

Palazzo Senatorio ("Senatorial Palace"), on the Piazza del Campidoglio.

The fancy, Michelangelo designed square, of the Piazza del Campidoglio.

I am not sure who these fat, ugly babies symbolize, but they sit under the
elbow of the statue of the River Tiber in the Piazza del Campidoglio, so I am
guessing that they are supposed to be Romulus and Remus and that the
fuzzy cyclops monster they are pulling on is supposed to be their foster
mother wolf.  But that is just a guess.

This fellow totally looks like he is playing with a cell phone.
Actually, he is the River Nile, and sits across from the statue of the River Tiber.

(All pictures are from Wikimedia Commons.)