Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina)
Unknown (Medieval; twins 15th c.)
11th–12th century AD
Sculpture – Museum
Adult €19.5
15min
Capitoline Museums (Palazzo dei Conservatori)
Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Roma
Rome's most iconic symbol — the bronze she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Long thought to be 5th century BC Etruscan; recent analysis suggests the wolf is medieval. Present at the Capitoline since 1471 — the founding collection of the world's oldest public museum. On the Italian 50-cent coin and every Italian passport.