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Ara Pacis

The Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar in dedicated to the Pax Romana. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of the Ara Pacis and Castel Sant’Angelo.

Museum
The belongs to the Sistema dei Musei in Comune of ; it houses the Ara Pacis of Augustus, an ancient monument that was initially inaugurated on 30 January 9 B.C.

Museum
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Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in , , Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. is situated 1 km southwest of Ara Pacis.

Church
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Saint Jerome of the Croats is the national Catholic church of on Via Tomacelli in the Campus Martius of . It is now a chapel of the Pontifical Croatian College of Saint Jerome in Rome and is only open to visitors by arrangement with the College. is situated 130 metres south of Ara Pacis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains).

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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 .

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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.

Ara Pacis

Latitude
41.90615° or 41° 54′ 22″ north
Longitude
12.4755° or 12° 28′ 32″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
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Geo­Names ID
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Ara Pacis” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ara Pacis”
  • Albanian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Arabic: “آرا باسيس”
  • Aragonese: “Ara Pacis”
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  • Basque: “Ara Pacis”
  • Bavarian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Belarusian: “Алтар Міру”
  • Bosnian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Bulgarian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей Ара Пацис”
  • Bulgarian: “Олтар на мира”
  • Catalan: “Ara pacis”
  • Catalan: “Ara Pacis”
  • Chinese: “和平祭坛”
  • Chinese: “和平祭坛博物馆”
  • Chinese: “和平祭壇”
  • Corsican: “Ara Pacis”
  • Croatian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Czech: “Ara Pacis”
  • Danish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Dutch: “Altaar van de Vrede”
  • Dutch: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Dutch: “Ara Pacis”
  • Dutch: “Vredesaltaar”
  • Esperanto: “Ara Pacis”
  • Estonian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Faroese: “Ara Pacis”
  • Finnish: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Finnish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Finnish: “Augustuksen rauhanalttari”
  • French: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • French: “Ara Pacis”
  • French: “Autel de la Paix Auguste”
  • French: “autel de la paix d’Auguste”
  • French: “Autel de la Paix d’Auguste”
  • French: “Autel de la Paix”
  • Galician: “Ara pacis”
  • Galician: “Ara Pacis”
  • Georgian: “მსოფლიო საკურთხეველი”
  • German: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • German: “Ara Pacis”
  • Greek: “Βωμός της Ειρήνης”
  • Haitian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Hebrew: “ארה פאציס”
  • Hebrew: “ארה פאקיס”
  • Hebrew: “ארה פסיס”
  • Hebrew: “ארה פקיס”
  • Hungarian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Hungarian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Hungarian: “Augustus békeoltára”
  • Icelandic: “Ara Pacis”
  • Irish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Italian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Italian: “Ara pacis”
  • Italian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Japanese: “アーラ・パキス”
  • Japanese: “アーラ・パチス”
  • Japanese: “アラ・パキス”
  • Japanese: “アラ・パチス”
  • Kölsch: “Ara Pacis”
  • Korean: “평화의 제단”
  • Latin: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Latin: “Ara Pacis Augustalis”
  • Latin: “Ara pacis”
  • Latin: “Ara Pacis”
  • Latvian: “Ara Pacis”
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  • Low German: “Ara Pacis”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Malay: “Ara Pacis”
  • Maltese: “Ara Pacis”
  • Mirandese: “Ara Pacis”
  • Narom: “Ara Pacis”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ara Pacis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ara Pacis”
  • Norwegian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ara Pacis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ara Pacis”
  • Pali: “Ara Pacis”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Ara Pacis”
  • Persian: “آرا پاکیس”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Ara Pacis”
  • Picard: “Ara Pacis”
  • Piemontese: “Ara Pacis”
  • Polish: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Polish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Polish: “Ołtarz Pokoju”
  • Portuguese: “Ara pacis”
  • Portuguese: “Ara Pacis”
  • Romanian: “Ara pacis”
  • Romanian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Romansh: “Ara Pacis”
  • Russian: “Алтарь мира”
  • Russian: “Алтарь Мира”
  • Sardinian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ara Pacis”
  • Scots: “Ara Pacis”
  • Serbian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Sicilian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Silesian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Slovak: “Ara Pacis”
  • Slovenian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Slovenian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Spanish: “Ara de la Paz de Augusto”
  • Spanish: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Spanish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Swedish: “Ara pacis Augustae”
  • Swedish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Tagalog: “Ara Pacis”
  • Turkish: “ancient Roman monument in Rome”
  • Turkish: “Ara pacis”
  • Turkish: “Ara Pacis”
  • Turkish: “Augustus Barış Sunağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Вівтар миру”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Venetian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Vlaams: “Ara Pacis”
  • Walloon: “Ara Pacis”
  • Welsh: “Ara Pacis”
  • Western Frisian: “Ara Pacis”
  • Zeeuws: “Ara Pacis”

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