2-887-998 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Capitol - Rome, 1850. The Piazza di Campidoglio '...approached by the series of broad steps or inclined planes in front, is of very limited extent, and scarcely deserves the title of square...The edifices which now occupy this celebrated site...are - the Senator's Palace, in front; on the right, the Palace of Conservatori; and on the left, the Capitoline Museum. The monuments which decorate the Piazza are of great antiquity...At the summit of the ascent are two groups of Castor and Pollux standing beside their horses; they were found about three centuries ago, near the site of the ancient Temple of Castor and Pollux, in the present Ghetto. The men are colossal, contrasted with the horses. On either side along the balustrade are sculptured groups of trophies, statues of Constantine and his son, and an ancient mile-stone, dug up on the Appian Way'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.