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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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Roman monument in Rome
  • Also known as: “Altaar van de Vrede”, “ancient Roman monument in Rome”, “Ara de la Paz de Augusto”, “Ara pacis Augustae”, “Augustuksen rauhanalttari”, “Augustus Barış Sunağı”, “Augustus békeoltára”, “Autel de la Paix”, “Autel de la Paix d’Auguste”, “Ołtarz Pokoju”, “Pax Augusta, Ara”, “Vredesaltaar”, “Алтарь мира”, “Музей Ара Пацис”, “ארה פאציס”, “ארה פאקיס”, “ארה פסיס”, “アーラ・パキス”, “アーラ・パチス”, and “アラ・パチス”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Museum of the Ara Pacis and San Girolamo dei Croati.

Museum
The belongs to the Sistema dei…

Church
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Saint Jerome of the Croats is the national Catholic… is situated 130 metres south of Ara Pacis.

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Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum… is situated 1 km southwest 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 .

Locality
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The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late…

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The of , home to the Via Veneto…

Ara Pacis

Latitude
41.90615° or 41° 54′ 22″ north
Longitude
12.4755° or 12° 28′ 32″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF4G+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201291264
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6269265
Wiki­data ID
Q623612
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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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  • Belarusian: “Алтар Міру”
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  • Bulgarian: “Олтар на мира”
  • Catalan: “Ara Pacis”
  • Chinese: “和平祭坛”
  • Chinese: “和平祭坛博物馆”
  • Chinese: “和平祭壇”
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  • French: “Ara Pacis”
  • French: “Autel de la Paix Auguste”
  • French: “autel de la paix d’Auguste”
  • Galician: “Ara pacis”
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  • Georgian: “მსოფლიო საკურთხეველი”
  • German: “Ara Pacis”
  • Greek: “Βωμός της Ειρήνης”
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  • Hebrew: “ארה פקיס”
  • Hungarian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
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  • Japanese: “アラ・パキス”
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  • Korean: “평화의 제단”
  • Latin: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
  • Latin: “Ara Pacis Augustalis”
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  • Persian: “آرا پاکیس”
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  • Russian: “Алтарь Мира”
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  • Slovenian: “Ara Pacis Augustae”
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