Quirinal Hill

The Quirinal Hill is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center. It is the location of the official residence of the Italian head of state, who resides in the ; by metonymy "the Quirinal" has come to stand for the Italian president.
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  • Type: Hill with an elevation of 33 metres
  • Description: one of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: “Monte Quirinale” and “Quirinal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontifical Gregorian University and Coliseum.

University
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The , also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana, is a private pontifical university in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as a part of the , founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyola, and included all grades of schooling.

Theater building
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The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of , Italy, just east of the . It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.

Square
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is a central hub of , , in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the . It takes its name from the , built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo alongside the , the patron saint of Venice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Modern Centre and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).

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The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Locality
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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in .

Locality
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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

Quirinal Hill

Latitude
41.9° or 41° 54′ north
Longitude
12.48333° or 12° 29′ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF2M+28
Geo­Names ID
3169658
Wiki­data ID
Q207896
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Quirinal Hill” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Quirinaal”
  • Arabic: “هضبة كيرينال”
  • Armenian: “Կվիրինալ”
  • Arpitan: “Quirinal”
  • Basque: “Kirinal”
  • Basque: “Quirinal”
  • Belarusian: “Квірынал”
  • Belarusian: “Квірыналь”
  • Breton: “Quirinale”
  • Bulgarian: “Квиринал”
  • Catalan: “Mont Quirinal”
  • Catalan: “Quirinal”
  • Central Bikol: “Buklod Quirinal”
  • Chinese: “奎里納萊山”
  • Chinese: “奎里纳莱山”
  • Croatian: “Kvirinal”
  • Czech: “Kvirinál”
  • Danish: “Quirinalhøjen”
  • Dutch: “Quirinaal”
  • Dutch: “Quirinale”
  • Dutch: “Quirinalis”
  • Esperanto: “Kvirinalo”
  • Esperanto: “Quirinal”
  • Finnish: “Collis Quirinalis”
  • Finnish: “Mons Quirinalis”
  • Finnish: “Monte Cavallo”
  • Finnish: “Quirinale”
  • Finnish: “Quirinalis”
  • French: “Quirinal”
  • Georgian: “კვირინალის ბორცვი”
  • German: “Mons Quirinalis”
  • German: “Quirinal”
  • German: “Rom/Quirinal”
  • Greek: “Κυρινάλιος λόφος”
  • Greek: “Κυρινάλιος”
  • Haitian: “Kirinal”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הקווירינאל”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הקווירינאליס”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הקווירינל”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הקווירינליס”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת קווירינאלה”
  • Hebrew: “הקווירינל”
  • Hebrew: “קווירינאל”
  • Hebrew: “קווירינל”
  • Hungarian: “Quirinale”
  • Hungarian: “Quirinalis”
  • Irish: “Cnoc Quirinalis”
  • Italian: “Colle del Quirinale”
  • Italian: “Colle Quirinale”
  • Italian: “Montecavallo”
  • Italian: “Quirinale”
  • Japanese: “クイリナーレ”
  • Korean: “퀴리날레 언덕”
  • Latin: “Collis Quirinalis”
  • Latin: “Mons Quirinalis”
  • Latin: “Quirinalis Collis”
  • Latin: “Quirinalis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvirinalis”
  • Macedonian: “Квиринал”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mons Quirinalis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quirinale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quirinalen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quirinalhøyden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quirinalis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Collis Quirinalis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvirinalhøgda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quirinale”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Quirinalhøgda”
  • Norwegian: “Quirinalhøyden”
  • Polish: “Kwirynał”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Quirinal”
  • Portuguese: “Quirinale”
  • Romanian: “Quirinal”
  • Russian: “Квиринал”
  • Russian: “Квириналь”
  • Russian: “Квиринальский холм”
  • Serbian: “Kvirinal”
  • Serbian: “Квиринал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kvirinal”
  • Slovak: “Quirinale”
  • Slovenian: “Kvirinal”
  • Slovenian: “Kvirinalski grič”
  • Slovenian: “Quirinal”
  • Slovenian: “Quirinale”
  • Spanish: “Monte Quirinal”
  • Spanish: “Quirinal”
  • Swahili: “Quirinale”
  • Swedish: “Kvirinalen”
  • Swedish: “Mons Quirinalis”
  • Swedish: “Piazza del Quirinale”
  • Swedish: “Quirinalen”
  • Swedish: “Quirinalis”
  • Tagalog: “Burol Quirinal”
  • Tibetan: “རི་བོ་ཁུའེ་ལི་ན་ཨེར།”
  • Turkish: “Quirinal Tepesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Квіринал”
  • Ukrainian: “Квірінал”
  • Urdu: “کوئرینل پہاڑی”

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