Piazza del Campidoglio was build by Michelangelo in 1536, The first advance civic square in Rome. Roosted at the highest point of the Capitoline Hill ignoring the Roman Forum, the space is lined by the fantastic Cordonata staircase and three Renaissance palaces, presently home to city corridor and the Capitoline Museums. He also designed new facades for Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Senatorio and fabricated Palazzo Nuovo to supplement the more seasoned palaces.