San Paolo
District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Circus Maximus

The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured 621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width, and could accommodate about 150,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire. The site is now a public park.

Located at 41.8859, 12.4857 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Roman circuses in Rome, Roman archaeology, Topography of ancient Rome

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

Bocca della Verità

La Bocca della Verità (English: the Mouth of Truth) is an image, carved from Pavonazzo marble, of a man-like face, located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. The sculpture is thought to be part of a first century ancient Roman fountain, or perhaps a manhole cover, portraying one of several possible pagan gods, probably Oceanus. Most Romans believe that the 'Bocca' represents the ancient god of the river Tiber.

Located at 41.8881, 12.4817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1st-century Roman sculptures, Visitor attractions in Rome

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

Forum Boarium

The Forum Boarium was the cattle forum venalium of Ancient Rome and the oldest forum that Rome possessed. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills. Here, too, is where the first bridges were built. The Boarium was by the premier port of Rome (Port Tibernius), and experienced intense commercial activity.

Located at 41.8889, 12.4811 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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5th-century BC architecture, 2nd-century BC architecture, Fora venalia of Rome, Ancient Roman architecture

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

Temple of Hercules Victor

The Temple of Hercules Victor (Italian: Tempio di Ercole Vincitore) or Hercules Olivarius is an ancient edifice located in the Forum Boarium close to the Tiber in Rome. It is a monopteros, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely encircled by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta until it was correctly identified by Napoleon's Prefect of Rome, Camille de Tournon. Dating from the later 2nd century BC, and perhaps erected by L.

Located at 41.8887, 12.4808 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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2nd-century BC architecture, Ancient Roman temples, Temples of the Forum Boarium

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin or de Schola Graeca) is a minor basilica church in Rome, Italy. It is located in the rione of Ripa.

Located at 41.8881, 12.4817 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1120s architecture, Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 6th-century church buildings, Romanesque architecture in Lazio

Campitelli

Campitelli is the X rione of Rome. In the logo there is the black head of a dragon on a white background. This symbol comes from the legend that Pope Silvester I threw out a dragon staying in the Forum Romanum.

Located at 41.888, 12.4864 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rioni of Rome

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

Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino

Santa Anastasia is a basilica church in Rome, Italy. Santa Anastasia was built in the late 3rd century - early 4th century, possibly by a Roman woman named Anastasia. The church is listed under the titulus Anastasiae in the acts of the 499 synod. Later the church was entitled to the martyr with the same name, Anastasia of Sirmium.

Located at 41.8881, 12.4842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Basilica churches in Rome, Titular churches in Rome, 4th-century church buildings, 17th-century architecture, Renaissance architecture in Rome, Roman Catholic churches in 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

Septizodium

The Septizodium (also called Septizonium or Septicodium) was a building in ancient Rome. It was built in 203 AD by Emperor Septimius Severus. The origin of the name "Septizodium" is unclear; the Septizodium was probably named for the seven planetary deities (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus) or for the fact that it was originally divided into seven parts. The building had no known practical purpose and was probably meant to be a decorative façade.

Located at 41.8854, 12.4889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 3rd century, Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome, Sites of papal elections, Buildings and structures demolished in the 16th century

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

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

Circo Massimo (Rome Metro)

Circo Massimo is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It was opened on 10 February 1955 and is sited at the east end of the Circus Maximus, after which it is named, near the headquarters of the FAO, originally built as the Ministero delle Colonie. Until 2002 the Obelisk of Axum also stood near the station. It has two separate exits on either side of the viale Aventino.

Located at 41.8836, 12.4881 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 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

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

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

David Lubin Memorial Library

The David Lubin Memorial Library is the main library of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Its world renowned collection consists of technical material related to food, nutrition, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, with emphasis on developing countries. The core of its historical collection is the library of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA), whose assets were entrusted to FAO when the IIA was disbanded in 1946.

Located at 41.8823, 12.4883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Food and Agriculture Organization, Libraries in Rome, Library buildings completed in 2005