Monday, 24 September 2012

City of the Seven Hills – Rome

City of the Seven Hills – Rome
Rome has some amazing history and if you are traveling to Rome to see some of the historical sites, then you cannot miss the St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. At the Roman Forum, Colosseum, and Palantine Hill, you will see some of the most amazing and ancient Roman architecture. It's an incredible city for history!

The seven hills are:
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.

Caelian Hill: In Republican-era Rome the Caelian Hill was a fashionable residential district and the site of residences of the wealthy. Archeological work under the Baths of Caracalla have uncovered the remains of lavish villas complete with murals and mosaics.

Capitoline Hill: The Capitoline between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It was the citadel (equivalent of the ancient Greek acropolis) of the earliest Romans.

Esquiline Hill: the Esquiline was a fashionable residential district. According to Livy, the settlement on the Esquiline was expanded during the reign of Servius Tullius, Rome' sixth king, in the 6th century BC. The king also moved his residence to the Hill, in order to increase its respectability.

Palatine Hill: The Palatine Hill  is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city. It stands 40 metres above the Forum Romanum, looking down upon it on one side, and upon the Circus Maximus on the other.

Quirinal Hill: According to Roman legend, the Quirinal Hill was the site of a small village of the Sabines, and king Titus Tatius would have lived there after the peace between Romans and Sabines. These Sabines had erected altars in the honour of their god Quirinus.

Viminal Hill: The Viminal Hill  is the smallest of the famous seven hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the Quirinal Hill to the northwest and the Esquiline Hill to the southeast, it is home to the Teatro dell'Opera and the Termini Railway Station.

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