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District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Pontifical Gregorian University

The Pontifical Gregorian University (Italian: Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregorianum, or the PUG) is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. Heir of the Roman College founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola over 460 years ago, the Gregorian University was the first university founded by the Jesuits.

Located at 41.8989, 12.4847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Properties of the Holy See, Roman Catholic Church in Italy, Jesuit universities and colleges, Pontifical Universities, Universities in Italy, 1551 establishments, Roman Catholic universities and colleges in Italy, Educational institutions established in the 1550s, Seminaries and theological colleges in Italy, Pontifical Gregorian University

Trajan's Column

Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum.

Located at 41.8958, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman architecture, Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century, 2nd-century Roman sculptures, Monumental columns in Rome, Roman victory columns, Military art, Roman Dacia, Dacia in art, Trajan

Mamertine Prison

The Mamertine Prison (Italian Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) located in the Comitium in ancient Rome. It was located on the northeastern slope of the Capitoline Hill, facing the Curia and the imperial fora of Nerva, Vespasian, and Augustus. Located between it and the Tabularium (record house) was a flight of stairs leading to the Arx of the Capitoline known as the Gemonian stairs. The church of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami now stands above the Mamertine.

Located at 41.8933, 12.4844 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient city of Rome, Roman law, Defunct prisons in Italy, Topography of ancient Rome

Gemonian stairs

The Gemonian Stairs were a flight of steps located in the ancient city of Rome. Nicknamed the Stairs of Mourning, the stairs are infamous in Roman history as a place of execution.

Located at 41.8933, 12.4847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Topography of ancient Rome, Ancient Roman architecture, Execution sites

Altare della Patria

The Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.

Located at 41.8946, 12.4831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Rome, Buildings and structures in Rome, Monuments and memorials in Italy, Altars, National symbols of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Museums in Rome, History museums in Italy, Terminating vistas

Trajan's Forum

Trajan's Forum is an ancient structure in Rome, Italy, chronologically the last of the Imperial fora. The forum was constructed by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus.

Located at 41.8956, 12.4858 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century, Ancient Roman architecture, Imperial forums of Rome, Trajan

Santa Maria in Aracoeli

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Mariae de Ara coeli in Capitolio, Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara coeli al Campidoglio) is a titular basilica in Rome, located on the highest summit of the Campidoglio. It is still the designated Church of the city council of Rome, which uses the ancient title of Senatus Populusque Romanus. The present Cardinal Priest of the Titulus Sancta Mariae de Aracoeli is Salvatore De Giorgi.

Located at 41.8939, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Palazzo Venezia

The Palazzo di Venezia (formerly Palace of St. Mark) is a palazzo (palace) in central Rome, Italy, just north of the Capitoline Hill. The original structure of this great architectural complex consisted of a modest medieval house intended as the residence of the cardinals appointed to the church of San Marco.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, Renaissance architecture in Rome

Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome

Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th century church in Rome, central Italy, located just across the street from the Trajan's Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Renaissance architecture in Rome, 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

Trajan's Market

Trajan's Market is a large complex of ruins in the city of Rome, Italy, located on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, at the opposite end to the Colosseum. The surviving buildings and structures, built as an integral part of Trajan's Forum and nestled against the excavated flank of the Quirinal Hill, present a living model of life in the Roman capital and a glimpse at the continuing restoration in the city, which reveals new treasures and insights about Ancient Roman architecture.

Located at 41.8956, 12.486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century architecture, Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Ruins in Italy, Museums of Dacia, Roman Dacia, Trajan, Museums in Rome, Museums of Ancient Rome

Piazza Venezia

The Piazza Venezia is a major circus and the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which many thoroughfares intersect. It takes its name from Venice ("Venezia" in Italian), after the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) who had built the Palazzo Venezia, a palace set next to church of Saint Mark, also nearby, the patron saint of Venice. Palazzo Venezia was the former embassy of the city of the Republic of Venice to Rome.

Located at 41.8964, 12.4825 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Piazzas in Rome

Forum of Caesar

The Forum of Caesar, also known as Forum Iulium or Forum Julium, Forum Caesaris, is a forum built by Julius Caesar near the Forum Romanum in Rome in 46 BC.

Located at 41.894, 12.4849 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century BC, Imperial forums of Rome

Forum of Augustus

The Forum of Augustus is one of the Imperial forums of Rome, Italy, built by Augustus. It includes the Temple of Mars Ultor.

Located at 41.8944, 12.4869 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century BC, Imperial forums of Rome, Ancient Roman architecture, Augustan building projects

Basilica Ulpia

The Basilica Ulpia was an ancient Roman civic building located in the Forum of Trajan. The Basilica Ulpia separates the temple from the main courtyard in the Forum of Trajan with the Trajan's Column to the northwest. It was named after Roman emperor Trajan whose full name was Marcus Ulpius Traianus. It became perhaps the most important basilica after two ancient ones, the Basilicas Aemilia and Julia.

Located at 41.8956, 12.4846 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century architecture, Ancient basilicas in Rome

Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level. It was founded by Pope Pius X in an Apostolic Letter, Vinea Electa, in 1909 as a center of advanced studies in Holy Scripture in order to promote in the most effective manner possible the doctrine and all the connected studies, according to the spirit of the Catholic Church, according to the founding letter of 7 May 1909.

Located at 41.8988, 12.4837 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Pontifical Biblical Institute, Educational institutions established in 1909, Jesuit universities and colleges, Properties of the Holy See, Pontifical Gregorian University

Torre delle Milizie

The Torre delle Milizie ("Tower of the Militia") is a fortified tower in Rome, Italy, located between the Trajan's Market in the Imperial fora to the east and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum to the west.

Located at 41.8959, 12.4866 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rome, Towers completed in the 13th century, Towers in Italy, Inclined towers

Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

The Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum (Italian: Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, Latin: Ss. Nominis Mariae ad forum Traiani) is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. This church should not be confused with the church Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina in south-east Rome. The pale marble church stands in front of the Column of Trajan, a few dozen steps from the similarly domed, but externally more colorful, church of Santa Maria di Loreto.

Located at 41.8961, 12.4846 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Roman Baroque, Roman Catholic congregations established in the 18th century, Religious buildings completed in 1741

Palazzo Colonna

The Palazzo Colonna is a palatial block of buildings in central Rome, Italy, at the base of the Quirinal Hill, and adjacent to the church of Santi Apostoli. It is built in part over ruins of an old Roman Serapeum, and has belonged to the prestigious Colonna family for over twenty generations.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1660s architecture, History of Rome, Roman Baroque, Private collections, Palaces in Rome

Pontifical Lateran University

Pontifical Lateran University {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=Logo PUL. jpg|size=|sizedefault=frameless|alt=}}Established 1773Type Private, Catholic, PontificalLocation Rome, Italy, but partially extraterritorial of the Holy See 22x20px 22x20pxWebsite {{#invoke:URL|url|1=http://www. pul. it|2=}} The Pontifical Lateran University (Pontificia Università Lateranense or Lateranum) is a university by pontifical right based in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.8989, 12.4847 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Pontifical Universities, Educational institutions established in the 1770s, Pontifical Lateran University

Palazzo Muti

The Palazzo Muti (officially the Palazzo Muti e Santuario della Madonna dell' Archetto) is a large townhouse in the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, Rome, Italy, built in 1644. Together with the neighboring Palazzo Muti Papazzurri, it originally formed part of a complex of adjoining palazzi and other houses owned by the Muti Papazzurri family. During the 18th century this entire range of buildings was, by courtesy of the Pope, the residence of the exiled Stuart dynasty while in exile in Rome.

Located at 41.8984, 12.4827 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, 1640s architecture

Palazzo Muti Papazzurri

This palazzo should not be confused with the Palazzo Muti e Santuario della Madonna dell' Archetto Palazzo Muti Papazzurri is a Baroque palazzo in Rome. It was built in 1660 by the architect Mattia de' Rossi, a pupil of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is thought it was constructed for the newly married Pompeo Muti Papazzurri and Maria Isabella Massimo.

Located at 41.8988, 12.4838 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome, Roman Baroque, Houses completed in 1660

San Silvestro al Quirinale

For the other church in Rome with the same name, see San Silvestro in Capite. San Silvestro al Quirinale (or St. Sylvester on Quirinal Hill) is a historic church in central Rome, Italy. It is located near Via XXIV Maggio corner with Via Mazzarino, a few blocks south of the Piazza del Quirinale.

Located at 41.8973, 12.4866 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, 16th-century architecture, 11th-century church buildings

Palazzo Mancini

The Palazzo Mancini is a palazzo in Rome, Italy. From 1737 to 1793 it was the second home of the French Academy in Rome.

Located at 41.8975, 12.4819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Palaces in Rome

Bufalini Chapel

The Bufalini Chapel is a side chapel of the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome, Italy. First chapel on the right after the entrance, it houses a cycle of frescoes executed c. 1484-1486 by Pinturicchio depicting the life of the Franciscan friar St. Bernardino of Siena, sainted in 1450.

Located at 41.8938, 12.4829 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Chapels in Rome, 1480s paintings, Paintings by Pinturicchio

Santi Apostoli, Rome

The Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles (Italian: Santi XII Apostoli, Latin: SS. XII Apostolorum) is a 6th century Roman Catholic parish and titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, dedicated originally to St. James and St. Philip and later to all Apostles. Today, the basilica is under the care of the Conventual Franciscans, whose headquarters in Rome is in the adjacent building. The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus XII Apostolorum is Angelo Scola.

Located at 41.8981, 12.4832 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Burial places of popes