Palatino (disambiguation)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lupercal</span> Cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome

The Lupercal was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. In the legend of the founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd Faustulus. Luperci, the priests of Faunus, celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia at the cave, from the earliest days of the City until at least 494 AD.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aventine Hill</span> One of the seven hills of Rome, Italy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palatine Hill</span> Centremost of the seven hills of Rome, Italy

The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire." The site is now mainly a large open-air museum while the Palatine Museum houses many finds from the excavations here and from other ancient Italian sites.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pope John VII</span> Head of the Catholic Church from 705 to 707

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viminal Hill</span> One of the seven hills of Rome, Italy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Campitelli</span> Rione of Rome in Lazio, Italy

Campitelli is the 10th rione of Rome, identified by the initials R. X, and is located in the Municipio I.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Sebastiano al Palatino</span> Church in Rome, Italy

San Sebastiano al Palatino is a church on the northeastern corner of the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is dedicated to Saint Sebastian, a late-third-century Christian martyr under the reign of Diocletian. According to legend, the church was built on the site of the saint's "first" martyrdom with arrows, which was unsuccessful.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oppian Hill</span> Landmark of ancient Rome

The Oppian Hill is the southern spur of the Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome, Italy. It is separated from the Cispius on the north by the valley of the Suburra, 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Velian Hill</span> Landmark of ancient Rome

The Velia — or Velian Hill or Velian Ridge — is a saddle or spur stretching out from the middle of the north side of the Palatine Hill towards the Oppian Hill in Rome.

An episcopium is an ecclesiastical figure and their administration. The episcopium emphasizes "an essential unity between his [the bishop's] person, power and place." In medieval Italy episcopia were frequently part of a complex connected to the baptistery and cathedral.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Augustus</span> Domus

The House of Augustus, or the Domus Augusti, is situated on the Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy. This house has been identified as the primary place of residence for the emperor Augustus.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaius Sextius Calvinus</span> 2nd-century BCE Roman politician and general, consul in 124 BCE

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farnese Gardens</span>

The Farnese Gardens, or "Gardens of Farnese upon the Palatine", are a garden in Rome, central Italy, created in 1550 on the northern portion of Palatine Hill, by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. They were the first private botanical gardens in Europe; the first botanical gardens of any kind in Europe were started by Italian universities in the mid-16th century, only a short time before.

<i>Casa Romuli</i>

The Casa Romuli, also known as the tugurium Romuli, was the reputed dwelling place of the legendary founder and first king of Rome, Romulus. It was situated on the south-western corner of the Palatine hill, where it slopes down towards the Circus Maximus, near the so-called "Steps of Cacus". It was a traditional single-roomed peasants' hut of the Latins, with straw roof and wattle-and-daub walls, such as are reproduced in miniature in the distinctive funerary urns of the so-called Latial culture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ponte Palatino</span> Bridge in Rome

Ponte Palatino, also known as Ponte Inglese, is a bridge that links Lungotevere Aventino to Lungotevere Ripa in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Ripa and Trastevere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palatine Museum</span> Museum in Rome, Italy

The Palatine Museum is a museum located on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Founded in the second half of the 19th century, it houses sculptures, fragments of frescoes, and archaeological material discovered on the hill.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Villa Mills</span> Building in Rome, demolished in the 20s

Villa Mills, formerly known as Villa Mattei al Palatino, was a villa in Rome located above the Palatine Hill between Via di San Bonaventura and Via dei Cerchi, in the Campitelli. The structure was built over the Domus Augustana and the Domus Flavia. It was demolished at the beginning of the twentieth century to allow excavations of the archaeological site.