Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 50 metres
- Description: centermost of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Il Palatino” and “Palatine”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Arch of Titus and Arch of Constantine.
Arch of Titus
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The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c.
Arch of Constantine
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The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312.
Cryptoporticus
Archaeological site
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In Ancient Roman architecture a cryptoporticus is a covered corridor or passageway. The usual English is "cryptoportico". The cryptoportico is a semi-subterranean gallery whose vaulting supports portico structures aboveground and which is lit from openings at the tops of its arches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Colosseo.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
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The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum 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.
Colosseo
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The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Palatine Hill
- Categories: national museum, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Palatine Hill” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Palatyn”
- Albanian: “Kodra Palatine”
- Albanian: “Palatinus”
- Arabic: “هضبة بالاتين”
- Armenian: “Պալատին”
- Basque: “Palatino”
- Belarusian: “Палатын”
- Belarusian: “Палацін”
- Belarusian: “Палацінскі ўзгорак”
- Belarusian: “Палятын”
- Bosnian: “Palatin”
- Bosnian: “Palatino brdo”
- Bulgarian: “Палатин”
- Bulgarian: “Палатино”
- Bulgarian: “Палатински хълм”
- Catalan: “Mont Palatí”
- Catalan: “Palatí”
- Cebuano: “Monte Palatino”
- Chinese: “巴列丁丘”
- Chinese: “巴拉丁山丘”
- Chinese: “帕伦町岗”
- Chinese: “帕倫町崗”
- Chinese: “帕拉丁山”
- Chinese: “帕拉提诺山”
- Chinese: “帕拉蒂尼山”
- Chinese: “帕拉蒂尼山丘”
- Chinese: “帕拉蒂诺山”
- Chinese: “柏伦町山”
- Chinese: “柏倫町山”
- Chinese: “柏拉廷山”
- Chinese: “派拉庭山丘”
- Croatian: “Palatin”
- Croatian: “Palatino”
- Czech: “Palatin”
- Danish: “Palatinerhøjen”
- Dutch: “Palatijn”
- Dutch: “Palatinus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تل البلاتين”
- Esperanto: “Palatino”
- Finnish: “Collis Palatinus”
- Finnish: “Mons Palatinus”
- Finnish: “Palatinus”
- Finnish: “Palatium”
- French: “mont Palatin”
- French: “Mont Palatin”
- Galician: “Outeiro Palatino”
- Georgian: “პალატინი”
- Georgian: “პალატინის ბორცვი”
- Georgian: “პალატინის გორა”
- German: “Palatin”
- German: “Palatium”
- Greek: “Παλατινός λόφος”
- Greek: “Παλατίνος λόφος”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הפאלאטיום”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הפאלאטין”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הפלטין”
- Hebrew: “גבעת פלטין”
- Hebrew: “הגבעה הפאלאטינית”
- Hungarian: “Palatinus”
- Icelandic: “Palatínhæð”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Palatine”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Palatium”
- Indonesian: “Palatine Hill”
- Indonesian: “Palatine”
- Irish: “Cnoc Palatinus”
- Italian: “Colle Palatino”
- Italian: “Palatino”
- Japanese: “Palatino”
- Japanese: “パラティーノ”
- Japanese: “パラティーノの丘”
- Japanese: “パラティウム”
- Japanese: “パラティヌス”
- Japanese: “パラティヌスの丘”
- Korean: “팔라티노 언덕”
- Latin: “Mons Palatinus”
- Latin: “Palatinus mons”
- Latin: “Palatinus”
- Lithuanian: “Palacijus”
- Lithuanian: “Palatino kalva”
- Macedonian: “Палатин”
- Malay: “Mons Palatinus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palatinen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palatinerhøyden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palatinhøyden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palatium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Collis Palatium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palatinerhøgda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palatinhøgda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palatino”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palatium”
- Norwegian: “Palatinerhøyden”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Palatin”
- Persian: “پالاتین”
- Persian: “پالاسیوم”
- Polish: “Palatyn”
- Portuguese: “Colina do Palatino”
- Portuguese: “Colina palatina”
- Portuguese: “Monte Paladino”
- Portuguese: “Monte Palatino”
- Portuguese: “Palatino”
- Romanian: “Palatin”
- Russian: “Палатин”
- Russian: “Палатинский холм”
- Serbian: “Palatin”
- Serbian: “Палатин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Palatin”
- Slovenian: “Palatin”
- Slovenian: “Palatinski grič”
- Spanish: “Colina del Palatino”
- Spanish: “Colina Palatina”
- Spanish: “Monte Palatino”
- Spanish: “Palatino”
- Swahili: “Palatino”
- Swedish: “Germalus”
- Swedish: “Palatinen”
- Swedish: “Palatium”
- Tagalog: “Burol Palatino”
- Thai: “เนินปาลาตีนุส”
- Thai: “ปาลาติอูง”
- Tibetan: “རི་བོ་ཕ་ལ་ཏི་ཉི།”
- Turkish: “Palatine Tepesi”
- Turkish: “Palatino Tepesi”
- Turkish: “Palatium Tepesi”
- Ukrainian: “Палатин”
- Urdu: “پیلاٹین پہاڑی”
- Uzbek: “Palatin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid-bukid Palatino”
- Welsh: “Bryn Palatin”
- Welsh: “Palatin”
- Wu Chinese: “帕拉蒂尼山”
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