CAMPIDOGLIO

Speranza

A YEAR AFTER Buonarroti's death, under PIUS IV (Medici, 1559-1565), the MONUMENTAL "CORDONATA" of the CAMPIDOGLIO was completed and adorted at its foot by two LIONS of black granite, and some years later the SUMMIT was decorated by

THE TWO STATUES OF THE DIOSCURI

-- not facing each other however, as intended by BUONARROTI, but fronting the piazza now.