At the back you can see the majestic Palazzo Senatorio, or Senatorial Palace, which you can easily recognize by the tower emerging from the center of its facade. Still home to Rome's Town Hall today, it was designed by Michelangelo, as well as the double-staircase. It was built on the powerful base of the Tabularium, a building that was the seat of the Roman government's archives in the first century BC, which is where all the documents governing the life of the city and the state were collected: laws, decrees, urban and agricultural provisions, and so on. While visiting the Capitoline Museums you'll pass through the amazing remains of the Tabularium, which also offer an unforgettable view of the underlying Roman Forum.
