Ripa
Ripa is the 12th rione of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials R. XII, and it is located in the Municipio I. The coat of arms of the rione depicts a white rudder on a red background, to remind the port of Ripa Grande, that was placed in Trastevere, but faced the rione.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,600 residents
- Description: 12th rione of Rome, Italy
- Neighbors: Aventino-Testaccio and Trastevere
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aventine Hill and Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
Aventine Hill
Peak
Photo: Fiat 500e, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aventine Hill is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.
Pyramid of Caius Cestius
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It was built in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation.
Piazza Albania
Square
Piazza Albania is a square of Rome, placed along Viale Aventino, not far from Porta San Paolo, at the footsteps of the Aventine Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aventino-Testaccio and Palatine Hill.
Aventino-Testaccio
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of Rome. Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.
Palatine Hill
Locality
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palatine Hill, 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".
Trastevere
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Trastevere is a district in Rome. The district's name derives from the Latin words "Trans Tiberem": beyond the Tiber river. Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.
Ripa
- Categories: rione of Rome and neighborhood
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Ripa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ripa”
- Chinese: “里帕”
- Czech: “Ripa”
- Dutch: “Ripa”
- Finnish: “Ripa”
- French: “Ripa”
- German: “Ripa”
- Hebrew: “ריפה”
- Italian: “Ripa”
- Japanese: “リパ”
- Korean: “리파”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ripa”
- Norwegian: “Rione Ripa”
- Polish: “Ripa”
- Portuguese: “Ripa”
- Russian: “Рипа”
- Serbian: “Ripa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ripa, L’Aquila”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ripa”
- Slovenian: “Ripa”
- Spanish: “Ripa”
- Swedish: “Ripa, Rom”
- Swedish: “Ripa”
- Turkish: “Ripa”
- Ukrainian: “Ріпа”
- “Ripa”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ripa”. Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.