Monti
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

National Institute of Statistics (Italy)

Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat) is the Italian National Statistical Institute. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is by far the largest producer of Statistical information in Italy, and is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat. Its publications are released under creative commons "Attribution" (CC BY) license.

Located at 41.8992, 12.4959 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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National statistical services, Demographics of Italy, Government of Italy, Organizations established in 1926

Laocoön and His Sons

The statue of Laocoön and His Sons (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental sculpture in marble now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The statue is attributed by the Roman author Pliny the Elder to three sculptors from the island of Rhodes: Agesander, Athenodoros and Polydorus. A life size work (1.84 m in height), it shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being strangled by sea serpents.

Located at 41.8921, 12.5003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Antiquities acquired by Napoleon, Hellenistic sculpture, Roman copies of Greek sculptures, Sculptures of the Vatican Museums, Visitor attractions in Rome

Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill is one of the celebrated Seven Hills of Rome. Its southern-most cusp is the Oppius.

Located at 41.8956, 12.4967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Seven hills of Rome

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (English: Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Latin: Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy. Other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary include Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, and Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greater size of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major justifies the adjective by which it is distinguished from the other 25.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Patriarchal basilicas, Properties of the Holy See, Roman Baroque, Marian apparitions, Sites of papal elections, Byzantine sacred architecture, World Heritage Sites in Italy, 5th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Burial places of popes, Recipients of the Golden Rose, Early Christian art, Palaeo-Christian architecture in Italy

Baths of Trajan

The Baths of Trajan were a massive thermae, a bathing and leisure complex, built in ancient Rome starting from 104 AD and dedicated during the Kalends of July in 109. Commissioned by Emperor Trajan, the complex of baths occupied space on the southern side of the Oppian Hill on the outskirts of what was then the main developed area of the city, although still inside the boundary of the Servian Wall. The architect of the complex is said to be Apollodorus of Damascus.

Located at 41.8919, 12.4963 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century architecture, Ancient Roman baths in Rome, Trajan

Santa Prassede

The Basilica of Saint Praxedes (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, Italian: Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an ancient titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major. The current Cardinal Priest of Titulus Sancta Praxedis is Paul Poupard.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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780s architecture, 820s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, Byzantine art, 8th-century church buildings

Santa Pudenziana

The basilica of Santa Pudenziana is a 4th century church in Rome, dedicated to Saint Pudentiana, sister of Saint Praxedis and daughter of Saint Pudens. It is the national church of the Philippines. It has been suggested that there was no such person as Pudentiana, the name having originated as an adjective used to describe the house of Pudens: Domus Pudentiana. St. Paul refers to Pudens however so it appears that there was a real person with this name.

Located at 41.8984, 12.4956 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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4th-century church buildings, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome

San Martino ai Monti

San Martino ai Monti, also known as Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti - Titolo Equizio, is a basilica church in Rome, Italy, in the Rione Monti neighbourhood. It is located near the edge of the Parque de Monte Oppio, near the corner of Via Equizia and Viale del Monte Oppio, about five to six blocks south of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Located at 41.8944, 12.4983 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings

Sant'Eusebio

Sant'Eusebio is a basilica church in Rome, devoted to Saint Eusebius of Rome, a 4th century martyr, and built in the Monti rione. The church is first mentioned in 474, by an inscription in the catacombs of Saints Marcellino e Pietro ad duas Lauros, and recorded as the Titulus Eusebii in the acts of the 499 synod. It was consecrated "in honorem beatorum Eusebii et Vincentii" by Pope Gregory IX, after the restoration of 1238.

Located at 41.8963, 12.5037 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, 5th-century Roman Catholic church buildings, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Pontifical Oriental Institute

The Pontifical Oriental Institute ("Pontificium Institutum Orientalium" in Latin, "Pontificio Instituto Orientale" in Italian) is the premier center for the study of Eastern Christianity in Rome, Italy. The pontifical school was established in 1917 by Pope Benedict XV. Pope Pius XI entrusted the Institute to the Society of Jesus in 1922, and with the 1928 encyclical "Rerum Orientalium", encouraged bishops to send students to the Institute to be formed as future professors in Oriental studies.

Located at 41.8972, 12.4997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Pontifical Oriental Institute

2006 Rome metro crash

The 2006 Rome Metro crash occurred on 17 October 2006 at 9:37am local time, when one train ploughed in another train as it unloaded passengers at the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (or Vittorio Emanuele) underground station in the city centre, killing a 30-year-old Italian woman, named Alessandra Lisi, and injuring about 145 others, of which a dozen were reported to be in life-threatening conditions.

Located at 41.8946, 12.5046 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Rome Metro, Railway accidents in Italy, Railway accidents in 2006, 2006 in Italy

National Museum of Oriental Art

The National Museum of Oriental Art is an important museum in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the arts of the Orient, from the Middle East to Japan. In particular, the museum has a rather remarkable collection of artifacts from the Gandhara area. This is due the archaeological missions of the Italian Institute for Middle and Far East (IsMEO) to the Buddhist and protohistoric sites of Swat, namely the Butkara Stupa, Barikot, Panr, Aligrama among others.

Located at 41.8944, 12.5006 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Rome, Museums in Rome, Archaeological museums in Italy, National museums of Italy, Asian art museums

Arch of Gallienus

The Arch of Gallienus is a name given to the Porta Esquilina, an ancient Roman arch in the Servian Wall of Rome. It was here that the ancient Roman roads via Labicana and via Tiburtina started. The arch was rebuilt in monumental style in the Augustan period. In 262, the equestrian (Marcus) Aurelius Victor rededicated the arch to the emperor Gallienus and his wife Cornelia Salonina.

Located at 41.8958, 12.5014 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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3rd-century establishments, Ancient Roman triumphal arches in Rome

Porta Esquilina

The Porta Esquilina was a gate in the Servian Wall Tradition dates it back to the 6th century BC, when the Servian Wall was said to have been built by the Roman king Servius Tullius, however modern scholarship and evidence from archaeology indicates a date in the fourth century BC. The Porta Esquilina is also known as the Esquiline Gate.

Located at 41.8958, 12.5014 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1st-century architecture, Gates in the Servian Wall

Oppian Hill

The Oppian Hill is the southern spur of the Esquiline Hill (Varro, LL V.50), one of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. It is separated from the Cispius on the north by the valley of the Subura, and from the Caelian Hill on the south by the valley of the Colosseum. The Oppius and the Cispius together form the Esquiline plateau just inside the line of the Servian Wall. In the divisions of the Septimontium (seven hills – Fest.

Located at 41.8934, 12.4965 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Hills of Rome

Collegium Russicum

The Collegium Russicum (Pontificium Collegium Russicum Sanctae Theresiae A Iesu Infante. or Pontifical Russian College of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus) is a Catholic college in Rome dedicated to studies of the culture and spirituality of Russia. It is located near the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, separated from the Pontifical Oriental Institute by the Church of Saint Anthony, and is known informally as the Russicum.

Located at 41.8969, 12.5006 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1929 establishments in Italy, Educational institutions established in 1929, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Italy

Vittorio Emanuele (Rome Metro)

Vittorio Emanuele is a station on Linea A of the Rome Metro. The station was inaugurated in 1980 and is sited underground, beneath Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, which gives it its name, in the Esquilino rione. The atrium of the station houses several mosaics from the Artemetro Roma Prize. The mosaics on display are by Nicola Carrino and Giulia Napoleone. On 17 October 2006 there was a train crash in this station, killing one and injuring over 200 people.

Located at 41.8944, 12.5042 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Line A stations, Railway stations opened in 1980, 1980 establishments in Italy

Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome

The Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori (Chiesa di Sant'Alfonso di Liguori all'Esquilino in Italian) is a church located on the Via Merulana on the Esquiline Hill of Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to St. Alphonsus Liguori, the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, who founded and staff the church, and is one of the thirty-three Doctors of the Church. The church is one of the rare examples of neo-Gothic architecture in Rome.

Located at 41.8958, 12.5003 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, 19th-century architecture, Redemptorist churches

Basilica of Junius Bassus

The Basilica of Junius Bassus (basilica Iunii Bassi) was a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, on a site now occupied by the Seminario Pontificio di Studi Orientali, in via Napoleone III, 3. It is best known for its examples of opus sectile work.

Located at 41.8977, 12.5001 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient basilicas in Rome, 4th-century church buildings

Via Cavour, Rome

Via Cavour is a street in the Castro Pretorio rione of Rome, named after Camillo Cavour. It is served by the Rome Metro stations Cavour and Termini. The facade of the original permanent Roma Termini railway station reached this street, though it is now 200 metres farther back. It runs from Termini and the Baths of Diocletian, runs past Santa Maria Maggiore and San Pietro in Vincoli, and concludes at the Roman Forum.

Located at 41.8964, 12.495 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Rome

Santa Lucia in Selci

The Church of Saint Lucy in Selci (Italian: Santa Lucia in Selci, also known as Santa Lucia in Silice or Santa Lucia in Orfea) is an ancient Roman Catholic church, located in Rome, dedicated to Saint Lucy, a 4th century virgin and martyr.

Located at 41.8946, 12.4964 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1604

Aconia Fabia Paulina

Aconia Fabia Paulina (died c. 384) was an aristocratic woman and one of the last pagan Romans who tried to save the Roman religion from decline.

Located at 41.8944, 12.4997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Year of birth unknown, 384 deaths, Ancient Roman priestesses, 4th-century clergy, 4th-century Romans, Ancient Roman women writers, 4th-century women

Porta Alchemica

Porta Alchemica, or Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal, is a monument built between 1678 and 1680 by Massimiliano Palombara marquis of Pietraforte (1614–1680) in his residence, villa Palombara, located in the east part of the historic centre of Rome on the Esquilino hill in a position almost corresponding to Piazza Vittorio, where today was placed.

Located at 41.8954, 12.5038 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Occult, Buildings and structures in Rome, Visitor attractions in Rome, Alchemy

Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni

Bust of Giovanni Battisti Santoni is an early work by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It forms part of a tomb for Santoni, who was majordomo to Pope Sixtus V from 1590 to 1592. Executed between 1613 and 1616, the work remains in its original setting in the church of Santa Prassede in Rome. It is assumed that Bernini sculpted the heads in the frame.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4986 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Monuments and memorials in Italy, Sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1610s works, Marble sculptures, 17th-century sculptures, Busts (sculpture)

Acquario Romano

The Acquario Romano (Roman Aquarium) is a building placed in piazza Manfredo Fanti, Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.8979, 12.5026 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cultural infrastructure completed in 1887, Buildings and structures in Rome, Neoclassical architecture in Italy