Curia Julia

The Curia Julia is the third named curia, or senate house, in the ancient city of . It was built in 44 BC, when Julius Caesar replaced Faustus Cornelius Sulla's reconstructed Curia Cornelia, which itself had replaced the Curia Hostilia.
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: curia in the ancient city of Rome, converted in the basilica of Sant’Adriano in Roman Forum
  • Also known as: Hostilian Court

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Caesar and Basilica Julia.

Archaeological site
The or Temple of Divus Iulius, also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, was an ancient structure in the of , , located near the and the . is situated 120 metres southeast of Curia Julia.

Photo: MM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was a civil basilica in the . Construction began under Julius Caesar in 46 BCE and was completed by Augustus, who ultimately dedicated the basilica to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in 12 CE. is situated 120 metres southwest of Curia Julia.

Monument
The at the northwestern end of the is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194-195 and 197–199.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

Locality
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.

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".

The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Curia Julia

Latitude
41.89297° or 41° 53′ 35″ north
Longitude
12.48535° or 12° 29′ 7″ east
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVFVP+54
Geo­Names ID
6269258
Wiki­data ID
Q1144514
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Curia Julia” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Curia Iulia
  • Basque: Juliusen kuria
  • Bosnian: Curia Iulia
  • Bosnian: Curia
  • Bulgarian: Куриа
  • Bulgarian: Курия Юлия
  • Catalan: Cúria Júlia
  • Chinese: 元老院議事堂
  • Chinese: 尤利亞議事堂
  • Croatian: Curia Hostilia
  • Czech: Curia Julia
  • Danish: Curia Julia
  • Dutch: Curia (gebouw)
  • Dutch: Curia Julia
  • Esperanto: Julia Kurio
  • Esperanto: Kurio Julia
  • Finnish: Curia Julia
  • French: Curie Julia
  • Galician: Curia Iulia
  • Georgian: კურია-იულია
  • German: Curia Hostilia
  • German: Curia Iulia
  • German: Curia Julia
  • Hebrew: בית הסנאט
  • Hebrew: קוריה הוסטיליה
  • Indonesian: Kuria Yulia
  • Interlingua: Curia Iulia
  • Italian: Curia Hostilia
  • Italian: Curia Iulia
  • Italian: Sant’Adriano al Foro
  • Japanese: クリア・ユリア
  • Latin: Curia Iulia
  • Latin: Curia Julia
  • Latin: Curia
  • Latin: Senatus Romanus
  • Macedonian: Курија Јулија
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Curia Iulia
  • Norwegian: Curia Iulia
  • Persian: کوریا جولیا
  • Polish: Curia Iulia
  • Polish: Curia Julia
  • Polish: Kuria (architektura)
  • Portuguese: Curia Hostilia
  • Portuguese: Cúria Júlia
  • Russian: Курия Юлия
  • Serbo-Croatian: Curia Julia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kurija Julija
  • Slovenian: Curia Julia
  • Slovenian: Julijska kurija
  • Slovenian: Sant’Adriano al Foro
  • Slovenian: sv. Adrijan na Forumu
  • Spanish: Curia Iulia
  • Spanish: Curia Julia
  • Swedish: Curia Iulia
  • Turkish: Curia Iulia
  • Ukrainian: Курія Юлія

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