Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient was built. It belongs to , the modern twelfth rione, or ward, of .
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 47 metres
  • Description: one of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
  • Also known as: Aventinus Mons” and “L’Aventino

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio and Coliseum.

Church
The Basilica dei Santi Bonifacio e Alessio is a basilica, rectory church served by the Somaschans, and titular church for a cardinal-priest on the Aventine Hill in the third prefecture of central , Italy.

Theater building
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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trastevere and Aventino-Testaccio.

is a district in . The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.

Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of . Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.

Locality
The , 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".

Aventine Hill

Latitude
41.88369° or 41° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
12.47942° or 12° 28′ 46″ east
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFMH+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13121237513
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3182644
Wiki­data ID
Q194103
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Aventine Hill” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Αὐεντῖνον
  • Arabic: هضبة افنتين
  • Armenian: Ավենտին
  • Azerbaijani: Aventin təpəsi
  • Basque: Abentino
  • Basque: Aventino
  • Belarusian: Авенцін
  • Belarusian: Авэнтын
  • Bosnian: Aventin
  • Bosnian: Aventino brdo
  • Breton: Aventino
  • Bulgarian: Авентин
  • Catalan: Aventí
  • Catalan: Mont Aventí
  • Chinese: 阿文丁山
  • Chinese: 阿文提努斯山
  • Chinese: 阿文提諾山
  • Chinese: 阿文提诺山
  • Croatian: Aventin
  • Czech: Aventin
  • Danish: Aventinerhøjen
  • Dutch: Aventijn
  • Dutch: Aventinus
  • Esperanto: Aventino
  • Finnish: Aventino
  • Finnish: Aventinus
  • Finnish: Collis Aventinus
  • Finnish: Mons Aventinus
  • French: Aventin
  • French: mont Aventin
  • Georgian: ავენტინის ბორცვი
  • German: Aventin
  • German: Rom/Aventin
  • Greek: Αβεντινός λόφος
  • Greek: Αβεντίνος
  • Hebrew: אוונטינוס
  • Hebrew: גבעת אוונטינו
  • Hebrew: גבעת האוונטין
  • Hebrew: גבעת האונטין
  • Hungarian: Aventinus
  • Irish: Cnoc Aventinus
  • Italian: Aventino
  • Italian: Colle Aventino
  • Italian: Monte Aventino
  • Japanese: アヴェンティーノ
  • Japanese: アウェンティヌス
  • Kazakh: Авентин
  • Korean: 아벤티노 언덕
  • Latin: Auentinus mons
  • Latin: Aventinus mons
  • Latin: Aventinus
  • Latin: Mons Aventinus
  • Lithuanian: Aventinas
  • Lithuanian: Aventino kalva
  • Macedonian: Авентин
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aventinen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aventinerhøyden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Aventinhøyden
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aventinerhøgda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aventinhøgda
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Aventino
  • Norwegian: Aventinerhøyden
  • Persian: تپه آونتین
  • Persian: تپه اوینتین
  • Polish: Awentyn
  • Portuguese: Aventino
  • Portuguese: Colina aventina
  • Portuguese: Monte Aventino
  • Romanian: Aventin
  • Russian: Авентин, римский холм
  • Russian: Авентин
  • Russian: Авентинский холм
  • Russian: Авентинус
  • Sardinian: Aventino
  • Serbian: Aventin
  • Serbian: Mons Aventinus
  • Serbian: Авентин
  • Serbo-Croatian: Aventin
  • Slovak: Aventino
  • Slovenian: Aventin
  • Slovenian: Aventinski grič
  • Slovenian: Aventinus Mons
  • Spanish: Colina Aventina
  • Spanish: Colina del Aventino
  • Spanish: Monte Aventino
  • Swahili: Aventino
  • Swedish: Aventinen
  • Swedish: Aventinus
  • Tagalog: Burol Aventino
  • Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཨ་ཝུན་ཏི་ཉི།
  • Turkish: Aventine Tepesi
  • Ukrainian: Авентин
  • Ukrainian: Авентинський пагорб
  • Ukrainian: Авентін
  • Urdu: ایوینٹین پہاڑی
  • Uzbek: Aventin
  • Vietnamese: Đồi Aventine
  • Vietnamese: Đồi Aventinus
  • Aventinus

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