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 GREAT HALLLeft to right : AUGUSTUS (27 BC-14 AD) Sculpture from a Greek original of the 5th century BC; HERA (Sculpture from a Greek original of the 5th century BC); YOUNG ATHLET (Sculpture from a Greek original of the 4th century BC); HADRIAN as Mars (117-138 AD) sculpture from a Greek original of the 5th century BC; MARIUS (Republican era); 'PUDICIZIA' (CHASTITY) from a Greek original.