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The bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius now occupies a modern covered court in the Capitoline Museum. 'Between the 12th century and the early 16th century, this statue stood in the piazza before the palace and church of St. John Lateran. Then in 1538 Pope Paul III selected this gilded bronze, larger than life statue for the center of Michelangelo's pavement design for the Capitoline Hill. Today a copy stands in this spot while the original, now protected from air pollution and carefully restored, is in the Capitoline Museum.'--see [www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/marcusaurelius/mar...]
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The bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius now occupies a modern covered court in the Capitoline Museum. 'Between the 12th century and the early 16th century, this statue stood in the piazza before the palace and church of St. John Lateran. Then in 1538 Pope Paul III selected this gilded bronze, larger than life statue for the center of Michelangelo's pavement design for the Capitoline Hill. Today a copy stands in this spot while the original, now protected from air pollution and carefully restored, is in the Capitoline Museum.'--see [www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/marcusaurelius/mar...]