The New Exhibition Space Of The Capitoline Museums In The Former Giovanni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre In Rome, Italy Editorial Photo

Barberini toga-wearing statue in the Halls of the Columns of the Capitoline Museums in the former Giovanni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre in Rome Italy. The sculpture in marble dates from the last decade of the 1st century BC. The group reflects the important role of the ancestors in a patriarchate family structure. A series of portraits dating to the 1st century BC are disposed in a long gallery to give an impression of individuals from various social classes. Freedmans and members of the plebeian classes are shown alone or in family groups in funerary reliefs as well as portraits of famous people like Caesar, Augustus and Agrippa. The Hall of the Columns takes its name from the numerous pillars of reinforced cement which once supported the three boilers of Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre in the hall above.