Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy

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It is said that the Capitoline Museum is the world’s oldest national museum, founded in 1471. It is huge with ancient Roman bronze and marble statues, medieval and Renaissance art and elaborate frescoes.
We had seen a few of the “She Wolf’s” as we explored Rome, so we finally learned the story of it. The museum houses the original sculpture of the Capitoline Wolf. It was a she-wolf that nursed and sheltered the twins, Romulus and Remus, after they were abandoned in the wild. The image of the she-wolf suckling the twins has been a symbol of Rome since ancient times.
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