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Of Rome's seven hills, the Capitoline Hill is the most sacred. The Capitoline Hill is where the city's first and holiest temples stood, including its most sacred, the Temple to Jupiter and the Capitoline Triad. This architecture symbolized a new Rome and the progression of the Renaissance.
Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. The Capitoline contains few anceint ground-level ruins, as they are almost entirely covered up by Medieval and Renaissance palaces that surround the piazza, a significant urban plan designed by Michelangelo.
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By the Middle Ages, the hill had fallen into ruin. But in 1536 Pope Paul III decided to restore its grandeur for the triumphal entry into the city of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. He called upon Michelangelo to create the staircase ramp, the buildings and facades on three sides of the Capitoline Hill, the slightly convex pavement and its decoration, and the pedestal for the bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Most of the buildings on the Capitoline Hill that survive today and the Piazza del Campidoglio sum up the majesty of High Renaissance Rome. These sites can still be toured today and the Capitoline Hill Museums, built in the 17th century, house some of the greatest pieces of classical sculpture in the world.
