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Legend says Rome was founded by Romulus, sired with twin brother Remus by Mars of a Vestal Virgin and abandoned on the Palatine Hill to be suckled by a she-wolf.
Some investigators, noting evidence for a Latin word ruma meaning `breast,' have concluded that Rome owes its name to the supposed shape of the Palatine Hill as it appeared to the eye of an exceptionally determined observer.
The adjacent Palatine Hill, which was eventually reserved for imperial structures (whence our words palace and palatial ), was derived from the name of Pallas , son of Evander, a Greek who according to epic tradition settled on the site of Rome centuries before its “real” founding.
Although the interior is temporarily closed to the public, tour buses line up for the jewel of the palace (and Palermo), one of Norman architecture’s greatest achievements in Italy, the 12th-century Palatine Chapel (Cappella Palatina).
Take them in your stride, avoid the midday sun in the shadeless Forum, and finish your visit with a picnic and siesta on the Palatine.