Ripa
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.

Located at 41.8833, 12.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Seven hills of Rome

San Saba, Rome

San Saba is an ancient basilica church in Rome, Italy. It lies on the so-called Piccolo Aventino, which is an area close to the ancient Aurelian Walls next to the Aventine and Caelian Hill. The current Cardinal Deacon of the Titulus S. Sabae is Jorge Medina Estévez. The titulus was established in 1959.

Located at 41.8786, 12.4855 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 10th-century church buildings

Santa Sabina

The Basilica of Saint Sabina on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Sabinae, Italian: Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino) is a titular minor basilica and mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans. Santa Sabina is perched high above the Tiber river to the North and the Circus Maximus to the East. It is a short distance to the headquarters of the Knights of Malta.

Located at 41.8844, 12.4797 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, Dominican churches, 5th-century church buildings

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

The Protestant Cemetery now officially called the Cimitero acattolico ("Non-Catholic Cemetery") and often referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi ("Englishmen's Cemetery") is a cemetery in Rome, located near Porta San Paolo alongside the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built in 30 BC as a tomb and later incorporated into the section of the Aurelian Walls that borders the cemetery.

Located at 41.8764, 12.4799 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cemeteries and tombs in Rome, Anglican cemeteries, Lutheran cemeteries, Protestant Reformed cemeteries, Protestantism

Pyramid of Cestius

The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome.

Located at 41.8764, 12.4808 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1st-century BC architecture, Ancient Roman tombs and cemeteries in Rome, European pyramids, Latin inscriptions, Visitor attractions in Rome

Pons Sublicius

The earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, Italy, the Pons Sublicius, spanned the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium ("cattle forum") downstream from the Tiber Island, near the foot of the Aventine Hill. According to tradition, its construction was ordered by Ancus Marcius around 642 BC, but this date is approximate because there is no ancient record of its construction.

Located at 41.8844, 12.4767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bridges in Rome, Roman bridges in Italy

Monte Testaccio

Monte Testaccio (alternatively spelled Monte Testaceo; also known as Monte dei cocci) is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae, fragments of broken amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with tituli picti.

Located at 41.876, 12.4757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Economy of ancient Rome, Hills of Rome, Roman sites in Lazio, Ancient Roman pottery

Church of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, Rome

The chiesa di Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino is a church in Rome. It is in the Cavalieri di Malta square, in the rione Ripa. The attached abbey is called Badia Primaziale (Primatial Abbey) of the order of Saint Benedict since it is the residence of the order's senior abbot, the Abbot Primate.

Located at 41.8821, 12.4779 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Benedictine Confederation, Seminaries and theological colleges in Italy, Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1896, 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

San Saba (rione of Rome)

San Saba is the XXI rione of Rome. It was named after the Basilica of San Saba, which lies there.

Located at 41.879, 12.4863 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

Porta Trigemina

The Porta Trigemina was one of the main gates in the ancient 4th century Servian Wall of Rome, Italy. The gate no longer exists, but it is frequently mentioned by ancient authors as standing between the north end of the Aventine Hill and the Tiber River, it is presumed near the Forum Boarium. It is presumed that its name (which means "triple uniting") refers to its triple gateway to accommodate heavy traffic that passed into the city from the Via Ostiensis.

Located at 41.8867, 12.48 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 4th century BC

Piazza Albania

Piazza Albania is a square in Rome, Italy. The squares name was before Piazza Raudusculana but got its present name 4 July 1940 and was named after the country Albania - at the time recently invaded and conquered at the command of Benito Mussolini. The name survived its Fascist antecedents and remains up to the present.

Located at 41.8803, 12.4836 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Piazzas in Rome, Albania–Italy relations

Santa Prisca

Santa Prisca is a basilica church in Rome, devoted to Saint Prisca, a 1st century martyr, on the Aventine hill. It was built in the 4th or 5th century over a temple of Mithras, and is recorded as the Titulus Priscae in the acts of the 499 synod. Damaged in the Norman Sack of Rome, the church was restored several times. The current aspect is due to the 1660 restoration, which included a new facade by Carlo Lombardi. In the interior, the columns are the only visible remains of the ancient church.

Located at 41.883, 12.4838 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Basilica churches in Rome, Mithraea, 5th-century church buildings

Angel of Grief

Angel of Grief is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. http://www. findagrave. com/cgi-bin/fg. cgi?page=gr&GRid=18029441& http://www. findagrave. com/cgi-bin/fg. cgi?page=gr&GRid=11357141& The term is now used to describe multiple grave stones throughout the world erected in the style of the Story stone.

Located at 41.8761, 12.4795 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1894 sculptures, Cemetery art, Grief, Death in art, Stanford University places, Sculptures in the United States

Santi Bonifacio e Alessio

The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e(d) Alessio is a church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Saint Boniface of Tarsus and Saint Alexius. Founded between the 3rd and 4th centuries, it was restored in 1216 by Pope Honorius III (some columns of his building survive in the present building's eastern apse), in 1582, in the 1750s by Tommaso De Marchis (his main altar survives), and between 1852 and 1860 by the Somaschi.

Located at 41.8836, 12.4788 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings, Renaissance architecture in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino

Sant' Anselmo all'Aventino is a church, monastery and college on the Aventine Hill in Rome, dedicated to Saint Anselm. They were designed by Hildebrand de Hemptinne and Fidelis von Stotzingen, and built in 1900. The International College of Sant' Anselmo is located here, as is the seat of the Abbot Primate of the Federation of 'Black Monks' (which includes all monks under the Rule of St Benedict except the Cistercians and the Trappists).

Located at 41.8819, 12.4778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Titular churches in Rome, Religious buildings completed in 1900, Roman Catholic churches in Rome

Fontana delle Anfore

The 'Fontana delle Anfore', located in the Piazza dell'Emporio, near the Ponte Sublicio, in Rome, Italy. It was completed in 1927, by Pietro Lombardi after he won a competition the municipality of Rome set in 1924 for new local fountains. It was initially in the Piazza Testaccio (At that time it was called Piazza Mastro Giorgio), but was then moved to its current position in the mid-1930s.

Located at 41.8828, 12.4754 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fountains in Rome

Villa del Priorato di Malta

Villa del Priorato di Malta, on the Aventine Hill is home to the Grand Priory in Rome of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an order of chivalry, which remains a sovereign entity. It also hosts the embassy of the Order of Malta to Italy. The estate is one of two Roman properties belonging to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta granted extraterritorial status, the other being Palazzo Malta.

Located at 41.8836, 12.4775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rome, Knights Hospitaller

Horrea Galbae

The Horrea Galbae were warehouses in the southern part of ancient Rome, located between the southern end of the Aventine Hill and the waste dump of Monte Testaccio. They ran for a substantial distance, possibly extending as far as the Porta Ostensis in the east and the Porticus Aemilia on the banks of the Tiber. The horrea were probably built on the site of a suburban villa owned by the Sulpicii Galbae, a distinguished noble family of whom the 1st century AD Roman Emperor Galba was a member.

Located at 41.8794, 12.4753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1st-century BC architecture, Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Ancient Roman pottery

Piramide (Rome Metro)

Piramide is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited on Piazzale Ostiense (across which is the Pyramid of Cestius that gives the station its name) just outside Porta San Paolo, in the Ostiense quarter. Its atrium houses mosaics that have won the Artemetro Roma by Enrico Castellani and Beverly Pepper. The station has escalators.

Located at 41.8756, 12.4822 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Line B stations, Railway stations opened in 1955

Baths of Licinius Sura

The Baths of Licinius Sura were an ancient Roman bath complex built by Lucius Licinius Sura on the Aventine Hill in Rome. It was restored during the short reign of Gordian III. The baths were damaged during the 410 sack of Rome by Alaric I, and again restored in 414. The baths probably served a more affluent community than the Baths of Caracalla, but were smaller and probably more elegant.

Located at 41.883, 12.4831 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ancient Roman baths in Rome

Roma Porta San Paolo railway station

Roma Porta San Paolo is a station in Rome, Italy, on the Rome-Lido railway line, with interchange to Piramide and Roma Ostiense (mainline) stations. It is named after the nearby Porta San Paolo, has six platforms and also houses a railway museum, the Museo ferroviario di Porta San Paolo.

Located at 41.876, 12.4818 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in Rome, Railway stations opened in 1924

Embassy of the United States to the Holy See

The Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See (or Embassy Vatican for short) is the American diplomatic mission to the Holy See (a term referring to the central government and universal reach of the Roman Catholic Church). Formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See were established in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II.

Located at 41.8847, 12.4853 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Diplomatic missions of the United States, Diplomatic missions in Rome, Holy See–United States relations

Campo Testaccio

Campo Testaccio was a multi-use stadium in Rome, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of A.S. Roma matches. It was replaced by Stadio Nazionale PNF in 1940. The capacity of the stadium was 20,000 spectators.

Located at 41.8766, 12.478 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Defunct football venues in Italy, A.S. Roma

Santa Maria del Priorato

The Church of Our Lady of the Priory (Italian: Santa Maria del Priorato), can also be also known by its previous name of Our Lady on the Aventine (Italian: Santa Maria in Aventino). It is the priory church of the Priory of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine Hill in Rome. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The original church was built in 939, when Odo of Cluny was given Alberic III's palace. The site was acquired by the Knights of Malta and in the 1550s, the church was rebuilt.

Located at 41.8833, 12.4774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Rome, Neoclassical architecture, 1765 establishments, Knights Hospitaller, National churches in Rome

Temple of Diana (Rome)

The Temple of Diana in ancient Rome was a Roman temple which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius. According to Livy, word had come to Rome of the new and glorious temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and it was told that the temple had been constructed through the combined effort of the cities of Asia Minor.

Located at 41.8828, 12.4832 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Temples in Rome