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They were rescued by a she-wolf that cared for them until a herdsman, Faustulus, found and raised them. The age and origin of the Capitoline Wolf are controversial. The statue was long thought to be an Etruscan work of the fifth century BC, [1] with the twins added in the late 15th century AD, probably by sculptor Antonio del Pollaiuolo. [2]
Alba Iulia - Capitoline Wolf statue in a park; Blaj - Capitoline Wolf statue in the city center; Brad - Capitoline Wolf statue in the city center, near the Dacian Standard; Capitoline Wolf in Brad, Romania. Brașov - Capitoline Wolf statue in front of the City Hall; Bucharest - Capitoline Wolf statue on Brătianu Boulevard [7]
The Capitoline Wolf with Romulus and Remus. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures.
During the first decades of the 20th century, Kingdom of Italy donated to Kingdom of Romania five copies of the Capitoline Wolf, which were installed in Chişinău (1921), Bucharest (1906), Cluj-Napoca (1921), Târgu Mureş (1924) and Timișoara (1926). In Chişinău, the monument was completed in 1923 and placed in front of Sfatul Țării Palace.
The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture in Rome depicting the city's founding. Capitoline Wolf may also refer to the following similar statues: Capitoline Wolf, Chișinău, Moldova; Capitoline Wolf Statue, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Capitoline Wolf, Bucharest, Romania; Capitoline Wolf, Timișoara, Romania; Capitoline Wolf Statue, Cincinnati, Ohio ...
The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf suckling the mythical twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus . Personifications by country or territory
The Capitoline currently seems to have been the earliest settled [12] but it is debated whether the settlements on the other hills were independent, colonies of the Capitoline settlement, or formerly separate villages already consolidated into a single polity. [13] By 1000 BC, a necropolis existed in the Forum for cremation graves. [4]
The Capitoline Wolf Statue (Romanian: Statuia Lupoaicei) is a statue located in I.C. Brătianu Boulevard in Bucharest, Romania. It is a historical monument, with the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania code B-III-m-B-20029.