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Palazzo Nuovo
The Capitoline Museums, the world's oldest public museums, occupy two palaces on opposite sides of Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio. The palazzo seen here, the Palazzo Nuova, is on the northern side of the piazza, and opposite it is the Palazzo dei Conservatori. Michelangelo designed the palazzo's as a part of the renovation of the area. In 1471 a few years after the Palazzo Nuovo was finished, the first bronze statues were given by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1566 even more more pieces were given by Pope Pius V. It was Pope Clemens in 1734 who made the palazzo the world's first public museum. The Palazzo Nuovo houses many important works of which most are classic sculptures.
