Basilica Julia

The Basilica Julia was a civil basilica in the . Construction began under Julius Caesar in 46 BC and was completed by Augustus, who ultimately dedicated the basilica to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in 12 AD.
Photo: MM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Temple of Caesar and Column of Phoca.

Archaeological site
The or Temple of Divus Iulius, also… is situated 100 metres east of Basilica Julia.

Monument
Photo: Jebulon, CC0.
The Column of Phocas is a Roman monumental column…

Photo: Jebulon, CC0.
The is a 1st-century AD honorific arch… is situated 350 metres southeast of Basilica Julia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

Locality
The Capitolium or , between the …

Locality
The , which is the centremost of the…

The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire.

Basilica Julia

Latitude
41.89195° or 41° 53′ 31″ north
Longitude
12.48478° or 12° 29′ 5″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Basilica Julia” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Յուլիայի բազիլիկ”
  • Armenian: “Յուլիայի բազիլիկա”
  • Basque: “Julia Basilika”
  • Belarusian: “Базіліка Юлія”
  • Bosnian: “Bazilika Julija”
  • Bulgarian: “Базилика Юлия”
  • Chinese: “朱里亚巴西利卡”
  • Czech: “Basilica Giulia”
  • Dutch: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Dutch: “Basilica Julia”
  • Finnish: “Basilica Julia”
  • French: “basilique Julia”
  • French: “Basilique Julia”
  • Georgian: “იულიას ბაზილიკა”
  • German: “Basilica Iulia”
  • German: “Basilica Julia”
  • Greek: “Ιουλία Βασιλική”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקה יוליה”
  • Hungarian: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Gaio e Lucio Cesari”
  • Italian: “Basilica Giulia”
  • Japanese: “バシリカ・ユリア”
  • Korean: “바실리카 율리아”
  • Latin: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Latin: “Basilica Julia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Basilica Julia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Norwegian: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Julia”
  • Portuguese: “Basílica Júlia”
  • Romanian: “basilica iuliae”
  • Russian: “Базилика Юлия”
  • Slovenian: “bazilika Julija”
  • Spanish: “Basílica Julia”
  • Swedish: “Basilica Iulia”
  • Turkish: “Giulia Bazilikası”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Юлія”

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