Treasure Hunt all over the World

After leaving the Vatican, the first stop Ye Tian and the others went to was a famous museum in Capitoline Square, the Capitoline Museum.

Capitoline Square is one of the oldest squares in Rome. It is next to the Venetian Square and the Roman Forum that Ye Tian and the others had visited before. It is the seat of the Roman city government.

In this ancient square, there are mainly three statues of the Roman city hall, the bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius on horseback and the God of Wisdom, the God of the Tiber River and the Sphinx.

But for Ye Tian, ​​the most important building on this square is the Capitoline Museum.

The Capitoline Museum is the most important museum in Rome, and it is also a famous museum that all art lovers who visit Rome should not miss.

The museum was founded in 1471 AD, and its original collection came from a group of bronze sculptures donated by Pope Sixtus IV.

Since then, the museum's collection has expanded to a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts, as well as medieval and Renaissance art, gems, coins, etc., the collection is very rich.

Today's Capitoline Museum is mainly composed of several palaces surrounding Capitoline Square, which are the New Palace and the Conservative Palace, the Senator's Palace, and the Clementino Palace adjacent to the Conservative Palace.

Connecting these ancient palaces is a promenade located underground in the square, called the Gem Promenade, which is also part of the Capitoline Museum.

Just after nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian's team arrived at Capitoline Square and stopped at the roadside in front of the square.

After getting off the car one after another, they strolled into this ancient square while admiring the surrounding scenery, looking like ordinary tourists.

But in the eyes of everyone else in the square, they are by no means ordinary people.

The arrival of a group of them inevitably caused a commotion, and almost everyone's eyes were on this side. People were both curious and a little frightened!

"I'm going! Why did this bastard Steven come to Capitoline Square? This is not good news. I hope there will be no accidents today!"

"No matter how crazy the bastard Steven is, he wouldn't dare to cause trouble here! The Palazzo Senator next to him is the seat of the Roman city government, and there are so many police officers patrolling the square!"

Compared with tourists and pedestrians on the square,

The Roman police got the news a little earlier.

At this time, all the Roman policemen patrolling the square were on high alert, staring at Ye Tian and the others as well as other people in the square, not daring to relax for a moment!

On the streets around the square, many police cars are coming from a distance, ready to support the police in Capitoline Square and defend the city government of Rome!

Ye Tian saw the reactions of the people in the square and the Roman police.

But he turned a blind eye, just nodded to these guys with a smile on his face, then led Betty and the others into the square, and explained to them.

"The Capitoline Square is another outstanding work of the master artist Michelangelo. All the details on the square, even the design of the ground floor, are from the hands of Michelangelo.

Several main buildings that make up the Capitoline Museum, the Palazzo Novosibirsk, the Palace of the New and the Conservative Palace, and related renovation plans were also written by Michelangelo, who designed a new appearance.

It is a pity that Michelangelo passed away before the repair work was completed, and it took more than 400 years for later generations to complete this work according to Michelangelo's drawings,..."

While speaking, Ye Tian and the others had come to the bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius standing in the center of the square, and then stopped to admire this famous sculpture.

This is a tall and heroic bronze figure statue. The Roman Emperor Aurelius looked thoughtful on his mount and raised his right hand to the right front, just like other Roman leaders.

But on this statue, it seems that the air of the Roman emperor giving orders, as well as the domineering and heroic spirit of ruling the world!

On the contrary, it gives people a sense of calm. The Roman Emperor Aurelius looks down on this noisy world, and seems to be exhorting the people to fatalism.

The mount under his crotch is also different. Although the sculpture is very vivid, the posture is not aggressive, but a steady stepping forward.

Unlike other statues of ancient Roman military leaders, on this famous statue, the mighty demeanor of Roman military leaders is gone, and even the demeanor of a statesman can't be found here.

To put it simply, this bronze figure gives visitors a feeling of depression, which is very special!

After standing in front of the statue and admiring it for a while, Ye Tian's clear voice reached everyone's ears.

"The bronze statue in front of you is the famous equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius, but it is just a replica, and the real one is in the Capitoline Museum.

Emperor Aurelius was the last of the "Five Great Emperors of Rome" and the last emperor in the heyday of the ancient Roman Empire. He was very accomplished in history and ranked among the five good emperors.

During his reign, the Roman Empire faced enormous pressure on its borders, with the Parthians invading in the east and the Germans in the north.

Fortunately, Emperor Aurelius was used to fighting and led the Roman army to conquer east and west. Only then did the Roman Empire barely maintain its original territory and maintain its superficial strength for the time being.

In addition to his outstanding martial arts, Emperor Aurelius was also a Stoic philosopher. During his military career, he also left behind a philosophical masterpiece "Meditations" written in Greek.

After the death of Emperor Aurelius, his ineffective son Commodus, the young emperor who killed his father and usurped the throne in the movie "Gladiator", succeeded him as the new Roman emperor.

In history, although Commodus did not kill his father to usurp the throne, he was cowardly by nature, ruthless and indifferent, and he valued military power over culture. During his reign, he practiced tyranny and was later killed, and the Antony dynasty ended.

At this point, one of the most powerful and glorious periods in the history of the Roman Empire, the golden age of the five wise emperors, is gone forever. Since then, the Roman Empire has gradually declined until it perished.

In the Middle Ages, most statues of Roman emperors were vandalized because they were considered heretics by Christians, but this equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius miraculously survived.

The statue survived because it was mistaken for Constantine the Great, where it remains today, and the original has been moved to the Capitoline Museums for conservation reasons.

There are many bronze sculptures in Rome, but the equestrian bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius in the Capitoline Museum is the best-preserved one among all the ancient Roman bronze statues..."

While admiring the tall and heroic bronze sculpture in front of him, Ye Tian introduced the story hidden behind the sculpture to Betty and the others. The explanation was still very exciting, professional and fascinating.

Not only Betty and the others listened to his explanation, but also other tourists around, and everyone was even fascinated by it.

At the same time, everyone's understanding of this statue has become more profound.

After admiring the bronze statue of Emperor Aurelius on horseback, Ye Tian and the others soon came to the gate of the Senate Palace where the Roman city government was located, and began to admire the three sculptures standing here.

There are three statues in front of the gate of the Yuanlao Palace.

In the middle is the God of Wisdom, on the right is the God of the Tiber River, which is a symbol of Rome, the statue of a she-wolf raising a baby, and on the left is the ancient Egyptian Sphinx, which is lifelike!

The statue of 'Mother Wolf Raising Babies' has already been seen in other places in Rome and has been introduced, so Ye Tian didn't repeat it again, but just explained the other two statues to Betty and the others!

During the explanation process, he did not forget to turn on the perspective, and secretly saw the three statues in front of him, as well as the inside and outside of the Senator's Palace, and the situation deep underground in Capitoline Square.

As far as the eye can see, Ye Tian can see through everything in front of him at a glance, and there are no secrets at all.

There are no secrets hidden on the three statues copied by later generations, but there are surprising discoveries in the Palace of the Elders and deep underground in Capitoline Square.

In the two rooms near the square in the Yuan Lao Palace, Ye Tian found two secret compartments one after another.

In the first dark cell, he saw two ancient oil paintings on canvas, which radiated dazzling and beautiful light in his eyes, and there were many charming halos.

They are a work by Tintoretto, a representative painter of the Venetian school in the late Renaissance, and a masterpiece by Caravaggio, a famous painter of the Baroque school.

Without exception, these two paintings are priceless top-level works of art, but they were hidden in the secret compartment of the Elder's Palace at some point, and never seen the light of day!

In another dark compartment, there are a bunch of sealed documents.

Although he didn't know Italian, Ye Tian could tell from the date marked on the documents that those documents were all from the middle and late nineteenth century and should be related to the Italian unification movement.

In the middle and late nineteenth century, it was the time when the Italian unification movement was surging, and heroes emerged in large numbers, and Rome was also in turmoil at that time!

Apart from the dates marked on those documents, the light they radiate in Ye Tian's eyes is the best explanation and the most accurate evidence.

In the depths of the Capitoline Square, there are several ruins from the ancient Roman period, and most of them are from the Roman Republic period.

Buried in those ruins are some incomplete marble statues, various pottery, rusty weapons, and other items, etc., and there are many valuable top-level antique works of art.

Undoubtedly, once these treasures in the depths of the Palazzo Senatoria and the square are released, they will definitely cause quite a stir, and even rewrite the partial history of the Italian unification movement!

But it's a pity that Ye Tian can't see them at their location, there is no way to get them, he can only look at the sea and sigh.

Unless the Italian authorities had a sudden convulsion that day and wanted to sell the Palazzo Senatorio and the Capitoline Square for money, he would be able to get these valuable treasures!

And then, being a gentleman on Liang, sneaking into the Elder's Palace in the middle of the night, opening those two hidden compartments without anyone noticing, stealing those two priceless oil paintings, and making a fortune!

But Ye Tian disdains such things, and there is no need for that!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian had completed his perspective, and then withdrew his gaze.

After admiring for a while the sculptures in front of the Palace of the Elders and the historic building of the Palace of the Elders, Ye Tian and the others turned and left, walking towards the entrance of the Capitoline Museum not far away.

Seeing them leave, several armed policemen standing guard in front of the Rome City Hall couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, their tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

The same goes for some people in the Roman city government who received the news and observed Ye Tian and the others through the glass window, and they all secretly heaved a sigh of relief!

In two or three steps, Ye Tian and the others arrived at the entrance of the museum, lined up to buy tickets, and soon entered the most important museum in Rome, and disappeared from the square!