Palazzo dei Conservatori

Palazzo dei Conservatori

Palazzo dei Conservatori is located on Rome’s Piazza del Campidoglio, to the right of Palazzo Senatorio and opposite Palazzo Nuovo. Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, along with the Tabularium, are all exhibition halls of the Capitoline Museums. The palace gets its name from having been the site of the medieval municipal magistracy (Conservatori), which, together with the Senate (Senato), administered the Eternal City.

Michelangelo was commissioned to oversee the entire renovation project. He designed the new façade but died before seeing it completed. The work was continued by Guido Guidetti and finished in 1568 by Giacomo della Porta, both of whom faithfully followed Michelangelo’s original plans.

The frescoed halls of Palazzo dei Conservatori are still occasionally used for political meetings, while the ground floor now houses the city’s registry office. However, most of the palace is dedicated to housing sculptural artworks, including massive fragments of the Colossus of Constantine. The art gallery on the second floor features works by Veronese, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Van Dyck, and Titian.

Palazzo dei Conservatori

Must-see reason: One of Rome’s premier museums of sculptural art

Continent: Europe【Europe】

Country/Region: Italy[Italy]

Province/State: Lazio Region [Lazio Region]

City: Rome [Rome]