Cultural Week in Rome

During the week of May 13-19, it was cultural week in many of the major cities around Italy. This included Florence, Naples, and Rome. During this week, most of the cities public museums and sites were open free of charge. This was really convenient because this was the week that my family was in town (again). So we got to go to many museums and sites such as the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, and the Capitoline Museum. All together, the normal entrance fee would cost around 18 euros. There were many other museums to go to, but we were kind of limited to time.

My favorite of this time was going to the Capitoline Museum atop the Capitoline Hill. This was one thing I hadn't gone to yet. This museum (which is the oldest in the world) housed the pieces of Michelangelo's large statue of Constantine (that's my sister smelling the foot) as well as the original She-Wolf which has been Rome's city symbol for quite some time now. The rest of the pictures can be seen on Flickr.