Capitoline

Thursday 6 July 2017 - Note that my first days in Rome have blog entries at the time (or thereabouts). Heading to the Capitoline Museums today. Here's my notes, "It's big, and the most confusing museo I've ever been in. Kept going up and down stairs and not finding what I wanted". The sign-posting was hopeless too.

Here's what I call Big Foot, part of the colossal Statue of Constantine. There's just bits left. They say the original was 12 meters high - and he was seated!

This is called Boy with Thorn (no shit), or Spinario. The Capitoline one is reputed to be the original bronze, but there are copies all over the place.

Another frequently copied sculpture is Dying Gaul. This is a Roman marble copy. The Hellenistic original is thought to be lost.

There's a good elevated view of the Forum from the back of the Capitoline.

And here's a highlight (although not for the horse). This is one of those sculptures that defies the hard and brittle nature of the material used - just look at the skin clenched by the lion's teeth.

After all this culture and museuming, there's only one thing to do... go for a beer. Coincidentally, I had read about this cute ivy-covered bar the previous night.