THE CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS (Musei Capitolini) IN ROME; ITALY. The creation of the Capitoline Museums has been traced back to 1471; when Pope Sixtus IV donated a group of bronze statues of great symbolic value to the People of Rome. The collections are closely linked to the city of Rome; and most of the exhibits come from the city itself.THE NEW GRAND GLASS HALL built inside what was called the 'Giardino Romano' in Palazzo dei Conservatori today contains the equestrian statue of MARCUS AURELIUS (Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD); the remains of the bronze colossus of roman emperor CONSTANTINE and the marble LION ATTACKING A HORSE (Statue. Greek marble. Hellenistic period) Designed by the architect Carlo Aymonino; it is a prestigious piece of modern architecture within the ambit of this Municipal museum complex and is the fulcrum that links the historic part of Palazzo dei Conservatori to those parts of the museum that have been more recently constructed.