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Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Palatine, Aventine - the seven hills upon which Ancient Rome was founded. Archaeological evidence shows there were settlements on each hill long before the Romans came. Once they were quite distinct - marshy gaps seperated each hill but they were drained long ago and now the city fills them all. What would you see today if you made your way to the top of each hill in turn?
The Capitoline - once the very heart of the city, the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli has stood at the very top of the Capitoline since the 7th century.
The Quirinal s crowned by the Piazza di Quirinal where one of Augustus' obelisks stands guard outside the Presidential Palace.
No such glamour for the Viminal, the smallest of all the hills. It's almost completely covered by Termini, Rome's main station.
The biggest hill, the Esquiline, is crowned by the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the city's four parochial basilicas.
The highest point of the Caelian Hill was, for a few years, the site of one of Mussolini's conceits. In an act of great hubris, the wannabe-emperor placed an Ethiopian stelae here in the manner of his imperial role-models. It was recently restored to the place it was looted from in 1937. Now there's just the white box of the FAO Headquarters (the tallest building in Rome) to remind us of his dreams of empire.
For all its imperial palaces and ruins, the highest point of the Palatine is now given over to a beautiful garden, the Orto Farnesiani, created by Cardinal Farnese on the 16th century.
The belvedere on the Aventine Hill has some of the most spectacular panoramic views in Rome. Keep walking up the hill to the very top and peep through the keyhole of the door to the headquarters of the Knights of Malta and the view, though tiny, is just as breathtaking Leave a Comment
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 Via di San Francesco di
Paola, Rome by tompt
These seven hills are still there and reflect in the names of the Roman quarters. The hills are not very high, but sometimes you encounter stairs when you walk the streets of Rome. This is the Via di San Francesco di Paola. It leads from the Via Cavour to a building of the university. Leave a Comment
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 Palazzo Quirinale by nicolettartLeave a Comment
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Palentine Hill is one of the talked about "seven hills of Rome". We heeded the advice of the guidebooks and walked right on by the Colosseum, making a right onto the Sacred Way. To the left of the arch of Titus leading into the Forum, is an unassuming ticket kiosk. Here we bought our tickets, with no line what-so-ever. Palentine Hill was almost all to ourselves. How much fun it was to walk among ancient history alone. There was one other couple scrambling around the rocks and a small group of about 5 with a tour guide. That was it!
Have you ever done this? Sort of stood close to a tour guided group pretending to be looking intently at the scene before you, but all the while, listening to the good bits the guide is giving out? No need to pay when you can eavesdrop...
Then, after leaving Palentine Hill, we waltzed right on by the long..........line..... waiting to get into the Colosseum. The ticket you buy on Palentine Hill also covers the Colosseum. The walk-right-on-by side is to the left when you get to the Colosseum. Leave a Comment
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 Wolfie in minature. by unravelau
Don't worry, I did see the real thing albeit while it was having a thorough going over and a bath.............behind a glass wall...........
I definitely miss the excitement of seeing these things, monuments, statues etc that I had known to be in existance but had never seen before. Leave a Comment
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 view from Piazza Napoleon by sandysmith
Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Celian, Esquiline, Viminal and Quirinal. Two other hills though gave lovely views of Rome - the Janiculum (see off the beaten track) and this one the Pincio where in the Piazzale Napoleon there is this lovely view over the Piazza del Popolo and silhouetted is the dome of St Peter's in the distance.
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 lion, foot of Cordonata,
Capitoline Hill by mrclay2000Leave a Comment
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The collections are closely linked to the city of Rome, and most of the exhibits come from the city itself. Leave a Comment
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 Palazzo Quirinale by pili
Antiguo palacio pontificio, hoy es residencia del presidente de Italia. A su lado se encuentran unas escaleras que llevan a la Fontana di Trevi. Bajar por las mismas y luego tomar la Vía di San Vicenzo y uno se encuentra de frente con la Fontana.- Leave a Comment
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